How to make teriyaki sauce at home
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This teriyaki sauce recipe is so easy to make and so good to taste. It can serve as a sauce topping your plates, or as a marinade.
We are all in a hurry most of the time and do not find enough time to prepare complicated dishes and follow detailed recipes. After all, we are all working moms, juggling between meetings, deadlines, errands, house chores, and kids. And so, we consider sometimes rushing to the grocery shops and picking up some items off the shelves. However, this should not be a normal practice, especially when there are some quick easy recipes to follow such as this homemade teriyaki sauce recipe.
This teriyaki sauce recipe is so easy to make and so good to taste. It can serve as a sauce topping your plates, or as a marinade. Whip a few ingredients then use cornstarch to thicken the sauce and you are done. You may end up with a sauce that is thicker than store-bought sauce and that’s fine.
This sauce is best served with grilled chicken, meat, kebabs, and shrimp. With the soy sauce as a base, this sauce is a staple that tops the best grilled Asian dishes.
What are the teriyaki sauce ingredients?
To make this teriyaki sauce, you need a few ingredients:
- Garlic: No. Do not use garlic powder. Use freshly minced garlic.
- Ginger: Another no. Use freshly grated ginger instead of ginger powder.
- Soy sauce: Low sodium is always better.
- Honey: Along with sugar, honey will give a tangy-sweet taste to this sauce
- Brown sugar: Light or dark brown sugar, both work.
- Sesame oil: An essential Asian condiment.
- Water: For a good simmer.
- Cornstarch: To thicken the sauce.
How to make this recipe?
As I mentioned earlier, this is a quick easy recipe that can be ready in 5 minutes.
Start first by combining the soy sauce, honey, ginger, garlic, brown sugar, and sesame oil, then mix the ingredients.
Next, pour the combination into a saucepan. add water and bring to a simmer. Then add water and cornstarch, and bring to a simmer. Turn off the heat once the sauce thickens.
What is the difference between soy sauce, teriyaki sauce, and teriyaki marinade?
- Soy sauce is just an ingredient of the teriyaki sauce. It comes as a liquid and adds as a base ingredient in this recipe.
- Teriyaki sauce is a thick sauce that includes soy sauce. This is due to the cornstarch added before simmering.
- Making teriyaki sauce without cornstarch will result in having a teriyaki marinade. This marinade is thinner than the sauce and can be added to the meat before cooking.
How to serve this sauce?
You can add this sauce to multiple plates.
- Grilled chicken
- Grilled steaks
- Oven-baked chicken breasts
- Grilled or fried salmon
- Noodles with shrimps
- Asian stir-fry dishes
How to store teriyaki sauce?
The sugar added to the sauce helps preserve it for a long period. Therefore, transfer the sauce into an air-tight container and store it in the fridge for a couple of weeks.
This teriyaki sauce recipe is so easy to make and so good to taste. It can serve as a sauce topping your plates, or as a marinade.
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 large clove of garlic, finely minced
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1/2 cup water, divided
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
Instructions
- Add soy sauce, honey, brown sugar, ginger, and garlic to a saucepan.
- Stir well until all ingredients are combined.
- Cook over medium heat.
- In a separate bowl, mix 1/4 cup of water with cornstarch until the cornstarch is well dissolved.
- Add the cornstarch mixture over the sauce along with the remaining amount of water.
- Let the sauce simmer for 4 minutes until it starts to thicken.
- Remove from heat and cool.
Notes
- For the best teriyaki sauce, use fresh garlic and ginger.
- If you do not love honey, you can swap it with an additional amount of sugar.
- For a lighter version, you can swap the amount of sugar with maple syrup.
Nutrition
Calories: 23 kcal per serving | Serving size: 1 tablespoon | Number of servings: 10
Total Fat 0 g | Saturated Fat 0 g | Cholesterol 0 mg | Sodium 475 mg | Potassium 22 mg | Total Carbohydrate 4 g | Dietary Fiber 0 g | Sugars 2 g | Protein 1 g | Vitamin A: 0% | Vitamin C: 0% | Calcium: 3% | Iron: 0%
* The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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