4th Generation Idol Goes Viral Amongst Non-K-Pop Fans For Delicious Dipping Sauce Recipe

Even other idols are eating it.

ONEUSKeonhee has gone viral amongst even non-K-Pop fans, all thanks to his delicious dipping sauce. The idol first revealed his initial recipe in late 2022, where it quickly went viral with even other idols mentioning it. Lee Young Ji talked about it on Instagram in 2023.

Many are asking about my go-to sauce. Firstly, I use the internet-famous Keonhee sauce as a base and add a few more chili peppers.

— Lee Young Ji

THE BOYZ‘s made the sauce in a recent vlog from 2024.

Keonhee revealed version two of his sauce recently in October 2024. It became so popular that netizens asked for him to come out on Culinary Wars!

FR, I had a bite of Keonhee Sauce and I thought, ‘an idol could come up with such a taste?’

— ttsirok

His sauce recipe was so popular that Hai Di Lao chains in South Korea are experiencing shortages in diced onions, a key part of his recipe.

Wow, thanks to Keonhee Sauce ver 2.0, Hai Di Lao ran out of diced onions… They’re dicing up new ones as we speak.

— dooobil

Keonhee even began introducing himself as “ONEUS’ sauce maven, Keonhee!”

Want to follow his recipe? Save this page and try it out the next time you go to Hai Di Lao.

Ver 1.0

  • 1 spoon of peanut sauce
  • 2.5 spoons of chili sauce
  • 0.5 spoon of minced garlic
  • 0.5 spoon of chopped spring onions
  • 1 teaspoon of sesame seeds
  • 1 teaspoon of peanut powder
  • 0.5 teaspoon of chili flakes
  • 0.3 teaspoon of sugar
  • 0.5 teaspoon of fried beef sauce
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Ver 1.0 and 2.0. | @ham_coll/X

Ver 2.0

  • 3 ladles of diced onions
  • a good pinch of chopped spring onions
  • thai peppers to taste
  • 2 spoons of soy sauce, cover the onions completely
  • 0.7 to 1 teaspoon of Chinese vinegar
  • 0.5 teaspoon of diced garlic
  • 0.3 spoon of oyster sauce
  • 0.3 spoon of chili oil
  • sprinkle of sesame seeds

Enjoy your meal!

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