Teriyaki sauce. This quick-and-easy teriyaki sauce comes together fast to to deliver sweet, tangy flavor that takes your chicken and rice to the next level! Savory and versatile, Teriyaki Sauce has been becoming the mainstay seasoning outside of Japan. Learn how to make delicious and easy homemade teriyaki sauce in this recipe.
An easy homemade teriyaki sauce recipe made from pantry staples.
This sauce is bold and thick and is great as a marinade or as a sauce served with your favorite meats.
Teriyaki (kanji: 照り焼き) is a cooking technique used in Japanese cuisine in which foods are broiled or grilled with a glaze of soy sauce, mirin, and sugar.
You can have Teriyaki sauce using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Teriyaki sauce
- Prepare 100 g of caster sugar.
- You need 1 of little freshly ground black pepper (tip of a teaspoon).
- It's 2 tsp of brown sugar.
- Prepare 1 of cinnamon stick.
- It's 3 of garlic cloves, pressed.
- You need 1 tbsp. of freshly grated ginger root.
- It's 1 tbsp. of pineapple or apple juice.
- You need 120 ml of dark soy sauce.
- It's 2 tbsp. of corn flour.
Fish - yellowtail, marlin, skipjack tuna, salmon, trout, and mackerel - is mainly used in Japan, while white and red meat - chicken, pork, lamb. Teriyaki sauce adds great flavor and luster to foods, but it does not contribute much nutritionally. This Easy Homemade Teriyaki Sauce begins with just four ingredients that form a fast and easy As a Sauce: The thickened sauce can be brushed onto grilled or baked meat, or tofu. Or, use it as a stir.
Teriyaki sauce instructions
- Place all the teriyaki ingredients apart from the corn flour in a small saucepan..
- Bring to the boil, turn the heat down and simmer for about 3 minutes until the sugar has dissolved..
- Let it cool a little and sieve to a clean saucepan..
- Bring it back to the boil..
- Mix the corn flour with a little water, pour into the sauce and cook, stirring, until it thickens..
- Add a little water if it’s thicker than it needs to coat the back of a spoon..
- When cold, decant it into a jar or a plastic tub, seal tightly and keep in the fridge for up to 2 weeks..
You know the nice, sweet, thick Teriyaki sauce you get from your favorite takeout joint? After sauce is simmering, add cornstarch and water mixture, whisking well until sauce thickens.