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Homemade Teriyaki Sauce Recipe

This Homemade Teriyaki Sauce can be made in less than 10 minutes. This recipe consists of simple ingredients, using pantry staples. Make a stir-fry will be less than 15 minutes away.

Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings: 1 cup
Calories: 90 kcal
Course: Condiments
Cuisine: Japanese , American

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 2 tablespoons mirin
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • Pinch kosher salt
  • 2 garlic cloves peeled and finely grated
  • 2 teaspoons fresh ginger (roughly 1 ½-inch knob), peeled and finely grated

Instructions

To Make the Teriyaki Sauce:
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  1. In a saucepan, set over medium heat, whisk together the soy sauce, water, mirin, brown sugar, kosher salt, garlic, and ginger. When the mixture reaches a simmer, bring the heat down to low and allow to reduce for 10 minutes. Transfer to a small bowl; the mixture will thicken as it cools.
  2. Note: If you want super thick teriyaki sauce, you can use a bit of cornstarch to help. Here's how: pour a tablespoon of the sauce into a small bowl. Add a teaspoon of cornstarch to the small bowl and whisk until it completely dissolves. Add the cornstarch mixture to the teriyaki sauce, whisking until dissolved.
  3. This teriyaki sauce will give you about 1 cup of teriyaki sauce. This sauce keeps well in the fridge in an airtight container for up to two weeks.

Notes

  • Tips and Tricks: 
  • Tips and Tricks: 
  • No cornstarch. In the testing of this, we found that the recipe is best with no cornstarch added to the teriyaki sauce. And instead a slurry of cornstarch is added to the actual dish/stir-fry. It gets very gummy and clumpy when added to the sauce itself.
  • Use honey. I like this recipe with brown sugar but some people might want to avoid using brown sugar. You can use 1/3 cup of honey in place of the brown sugar.

Nutrition Information

Serving 6g Calories 90kcal (5%) Carbohydrates 2g (1%) Protein 3g (6%) Fat 2g (3%) Saturated Fat 4g (20%) Cholesterol 20mg (7%) Sodium 30mg (1%) Potassium 20mg (1%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 14g (28%) Vitamin A 12IU (0%) Vitamin C 1mg (1%) Calcium 12mg (1%) Iron 4mg (22%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 1cup

Amount Per Serving

Calories 90

% Daily Value*

Serving 6g
Calories 90kcal 5%
Carbohydrates 2g 1%
Protein 3g 6%
Fat 2g 3%
Saturated Fat 4g 20%
Cholesterol 20mg 7%
Sodium 30mg 1%
Potassium 20mg 0%
Fiber 1g 4%
Sugar 14g 28%
Vitamin A 12IU 0%
Vitamin C 1mg 1%
Calcium 12mg 1%
Iron 4mg 22%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.