Shrimp Sauce Recipe

I have made shrimp sauce! (Read that first line in the voice of Tom Hanks from "Cast Away" when he triumphantly announced "I have made fire")

I love that sauce they serve in Japanese restaurants, (sometimes they call it shrimp sauce and sometimes they call it yum yum sauce -- which is a perfect name for it). So I took a stab at creating the same sauce at home. What I came up with is pretty close. If I later tweak it and get it closer, I'll update the recipe.

1 and 1/4 cup of mayonnaise
2 teaspoons tomato paste
1 tablespoon melted butter
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon paprika
dash of cayenne
1/4 cup of water
10-15 splashes of hot sauce

Mix all ingredients together thoroughly. Refrigerate overnight to allow flavors to blend. It will not taste like shrimp sauce until the next day.

I plan to make gluten-free crab cakes tomorrow to eat with my shrimp sauce. I'll post the crab cakes recipe later this week.