Teriyaki Sauce
When looking to buy a ‘good quality’ soy sauce – check the ingredients list and look for a sauce where the first or second ingredient is soy beans. A lesser quality soy sauce will often list salt as the first ingredient or have soy beans way down the list.
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 5 mins
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 2 cups 1x
Ingredients
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- 3/4 cup good-quality soy sauce (see note above)
- 1/4 cup dark soy sauce (if dark soy sauce is not available or too intense for your taste, just use one full cup of regular soy sauce instead of the 3/4 cup)
- 1/2 cup water
- 4 tablespoons sweet rice wine or mirin (optional)
- 5 tablespoons brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons white sugar
- 1/2 cup agave nectar or honey
- 1 tablespoon chopped garlic (will be strained out after cooking)
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh ginger (will be strained out after cooking)
Instructions
- Put all ingredients in a small sauce pan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for three minutes.
- Remove from heat and strain over a container using a fine sieve. Discard ginger and garlic.
- Store in the refrigerator for up to two weeks or freeze in zip lock bags for up to three months.
Find it online: https://www.afamilyfeast.com/teriyaki-sauce/
