Teriyaki Sauce

Make Teriyaki sauce at residence utilizing easy components like soy sauce, ginger, and garlic so as to add an umami taste to your favourite dishes!

We love utilizing it to make Teriyaki pork, Teriyaki chicken, Teriyaki salmon, and even on chicken wings!

a jar of teriyaki sauce next to orange slices and garlic

Elements in Teriyaki Sauce

Teriyaki sauce is a sauce that’s wealthy, thick, and stuffed with umami flavors.

Soy Sauce – Most teriyaki sauces have a base of soy sauce and water nonetheless, I like including orange juice (or pineapple juice) for additional taste. Whereas I typically use low-sodium soy sauce, this recipe tastes finest with common soy sauce.

Garlic/Ginger – Garlic and ginger add nice taste to this sauce. Freeze ginger and grate it with a field grater proper from frozen for sauces and stir fries. Recent ginger is finest, however in a pinch, exchange it with ¼ teaspoon floor ginger.

Sweetness -Brown sugar is the sweetener of alternative, however in a pinch, white sugar or honey will work.

Variations – For added taste, strive including sesame seeds, inexperienced or minced white onions, and citrus zest.

Pouring homemade teriyaki sauce over raw chicken in a clear glass bowl

How To Make Teriyaki Sauce

When you make home made Teriyaki sauce, you gained’t purchase bottled anymore, the flavour is so significantly better. If utilizing this combination as a teriyaki marinade, you’ll be able to skip the cornstarch and thickening.

Mix Elements: Combine soy sauce, water (or orange juice), garlic, ginger, and brown sugar in a saucepan per the recipe under.
Simmer to mix flavors: Deliver to a simmer and proceed to simmer for a few minutes or till the entire brown sugar is dissolved.

Thickening this home made teriyaki sauce recipe is optionally available. When you’re utilizing it as a marinade, merely boil it to mix the flavors after which cool fully.

If utilizing it as a sauce for a stir fry, as a baste or glaze, or to drizzle over a bowl of rice, it may be thickened. Make a slurry with equal elements cornstarch & water. Whisk the slurry into the boiling Teriyaki sauce till it thickens.

Wooden spoon in a glass jar of teriyaki sauce

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Simple home made teriyaki sauce is our go-to recipe for flavorful dishes like Teriyaki pork, hen, wings, and even rice!

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook dinner Time 5 minutes

Complete Time 10 minutes

Writer Holly Nilsson

In a small saucepan, mix soy sauce, 1 cup of water and/or juice, garlic, ginger, and brown sugar.
Flip the warmth to medium and simmer the combination whereas whisking for two minutes till the brown sugar has dissolved.
To thicken the sauce, in a separate small bowl, mix water and cornstarch to create a slurry.
Whereas the sauce is at a low boil, slowly whisk within the slurry just a little at a time till it reaches the specified consistency.

This recipe will make about 1 1/3 cups of sauce. Diet data relies on 1 tablespoon of sauce.
Low sodium soy sauce is just not really useful on this recipe. If utilizing water rather than juice, add a teaspoon or so of rice vinegar or apple cider vinegar.
Retailer leftovers in an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as 2 weeks.

Diet data offered is an estimate and can range primarily based on cooking strategies and types of components used.

Course Dip, Sauce

Delicacies American, Asian

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What Is The Distinction Between Teriyaki Sauce and Soy Sauce?

They’ve completely different flavors. Soy sauce is the bottom of teriyaki sauce, however the saltiness is reduce with brown sugar and different components like ginger. Teriyaki sauce may be thicker, whereas soy sauce is a skinny watery addition to dishes like fried rice.

What’s teriyaki?

Teriyaki is a Japanese cooking technique. It includes grilling or broiling with a mix of sugar and soy sauce (and sometimes mirin), and it’s typically made with fish. This recipe is oven baked after which broiled for that crisp texture and taste.

Can I Substitute Teriyaki Sauce For Soy Sauce?

Each sauces have vastly completely different taste profiles and consistencies, so soy sauce wouldn’t work effectively instead. In a pinch, combine up this simple teriyaki sauce recipe!

How Do You Thicken Teriyaki Sauce?

1.) Create a slurry by mixing equal elements water and corn starch till no lumps stay.
2.) Pour the slurry into the teriyaki sauce little by little whereas whisking, till the specified thickness is reached.