Easy Homemade Teriyaki Sauce

4.91 from 21 votes

Easy Homemade Teriyaki Sauce

This Easy Homemade Teriyaki Sauce (or marinade) takes only a few minutes and a few simple ingredients to make. Way better than the bottled stuff!

Prep Time5

Cook Time5

Total Time10

Course: Sauce

Cuisine: Asian

Total Cost: $0.59 recipe

Servings: cup sauce (or 1/2 cup marinade)

Calories: 208kcal

Author: Beth Moncel

Equipment

Small Bowl
Small Sauce Pan

Ingredients

To Make the Marinade:

¼ cup soy sauce 4 oz., $0.20
3 Tbsp brown sugar 44g, $0.09
1 clove garlic minced (1 tsp) $0.08
1 tsp fresh grated ginger 3g, $0.16
1 Tbsp water

To Make the Sauce Also Add:

½ cup water 4 oz.
1 Tbsp cornstarch 15g, $0.06

Instructions

To make the marinade, stir together the soy sauce, brown sugar, minced garlic, grated ginger, and water. Pour this mixture over your meat, tofu, or fish and marinate for 15-30 minutes, depending on the item.
To make the sauce, stir together the soy sauce, brown sugar, minced garlic, grated ginger, water, AND add an additional 1/2 cup water and 1 Tbsp cornstarch. (Do not turn used marinade into a sauce. Rather, make separate batches to prevent cross contamination.) Bring this mixture up to a simmer in a small sauce pot over medium heat, while whisking. Once it reaches a simmer, it will thicken into a shiny sauce. Pour or brush the sauce over your cooked meat, vegetables, or tofu.
To use as a stir fry sauce, stir together all of the ingredients in a bowl. Once your stir fry meat or vegetables are cooked, pour the sauce mixture directly into your hot stir fry pan instead of simmering separately in a sauce pot. The heat from the pan will simmer the sauce on contact and thicken the sauce (make sure the stir fry pan is very hot). Stir to coat your cooked vegetables or meat.

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Notes

Optional add-ins: 1/2 tsp toasted sesame oil, 1 Tbsp sesame seeds

This recipe makes about 1/2 cup marinade or 1 cup of thickened sauce. 1/2 cup marinade is about enough for 2 chicken breasts, 4 boneless chicken thighs, one 14oz. block of tofu, or about four pork chops. As a sauce, one cup would be enough for about one stir fry (four servings) or to brush onto about four chicken breasts.

You can easily scale the recipe up or down by changing the number in the “servings” box above, and the rest of the ingredients will adjust automatically.

Nutrition

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