Reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer for 10 minutes. Bring mirin to a boil in a saucepan over high heat.
If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.
You can add fresh or ground ginger if you like, too.
It can also be made into a glaze by thickening it on the stove.
I kept adding sugar to try and cut the saltiness.
Better than any Chinese restaurant-that's for sure!
If you want a mild flavor, slice them into big pieces. MMM! If you would like to use the marinade as a sauce, you can boil it after removing the meat and add a little slurry of cornstarch and warm water to thicken it. You saved Teriyaki Sauce and Marinade to your. My daughter is Genevieve!). You can vary the amount that you add to suit your taste as well.
Ingredients 1/2 cup soy sauce 1/2 cup mirin 2 tablespoons sugar (to taste) Optional: 1 teaspoon ginger root (chopped) Optional: 1 teaspoon garlic (chopped) I also don't usually add the oil (though my recipe does call for a tiny amount) Anyway, I guess our tastes are for a sweeter, stickier teriyaki sauce, and this recipe just wasn't it. For a zestier marinade, use lime or lemon juice; for a milder version, use water. Hi!
If you want to make this ahead of time and store it in the refrigerator or make a double batch so you have some on hand, teriyaki sauce will keep in a tightly sealed container for a long period of time (a small plastic lidded one works well), but will taste best if you use it within a week. I've managed to salvage it that way, but I probably added close to 1 cup of sugar, and I don't think my kids are going to like this (though we'll give it a shot) I looked up my recipe, which is from a Japanese cookbook, and it's basically equal amounts of soy/mirin/sake(or not, there are variations), along with about half the amount of sugar. Just throw your meat and veggies in with the sauce, turn the heat back on, and keep cooking! In Japan they do not use less sodium soy sauce. Get it free when you sign up for our newsletter. Turn the heat down to low and simmer for about 5 minutes to reduce to 70 % and thicken.
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Wonderful, wonderful recipe - never had teriyaki sauce this good! Good for anything you want to grill - best with chicken or pork. Be careful though - too much garlic will qickly overpower this sauce. This is a great marinade for pork or chicken.
Sauce can always be thinned with water if desired. This recipe works great if you do not have mirin in your pantry or if the ingredient is not easily accessible to you. This recipe makes enough for a whole salmon.
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Adding ginger and garlic is optional, but if you do choose to use them, how you use them can impact the taste.
The secret to his magic is a sweet teriyaki that is a wonderful marinade and basting sauce. Love this recipe!
Enjoy!
This gave the sauce a little body and helped it cling to the meat. Just throw 3 ingredients in a slow cooker in the morning, and with minimal effort, you will be rewarded with this tasty teriyaki pulled pork. Easy and wonderful teriyaki marinade for barbeque or roasting.
Curry powder and ground black pepper kick up this prepared teriyaki marinade for grilled chicken.
You can make half portion with ¼ cup (4 Tbsp) sake, ¼ cup (4 Tbsp) mirin, ¼ cup (4 Tbsp) soy sauce, 1/8 cup (2 Tbsp) sugar. Marinate chicken, steaks, or other favorite meats in this marinade for at least 2 hours before grilling. Another simple teriyaki sauce recipe is a ratio of 1 to 1 with equal parts of soy sauce and granulated white sugar. This simple sauce is perfect for grilling, and works equally well with chicken or beef. I used regular white wine instead of mirin and ommitted the red pepper flakes, but I doubt either of these substitutions made a difference in the final product.
I always add garlic and black pepper, and sometimes the vinegar, usually not though. You can substitute any pepper in place of the habanero if you'd like, but it's not too spicy with it. Add comma separated list of ingredients to exclude from recipe. If you are using the optional fresh ginger and/or garlic, slice or chop the ginger and garlic and add it to the other ingredients.
So, 2:2:1, soy, mirin and sugar. Be sure to bookmark this recipe, as it's absolutely phenomenal!
Allrecipes is part of the Meredith Food Group. I thought it was soooo salty, (and I use low-sodium soy sauce.) Serve with steamed rice. Westernized recipes for teriyaki sauce may include the addition of a slurry of cornstarch and water (1-to-1 ratio) to thicken the sauce, but the addition of a cornstarch slurry is entirely up to you. Lower the heat to medium and bring the sauce to a boil, then turn down the heat to low. This is one of the best home-made teriyaki sauces I have had... they are very difficult to flavor properly without being too salty and this one, made with Low Sodium Soy Sauce and thickened with two tbsp.
Update: I recently took this sauce out of my fridge after sitting for about a month and let me tell you! This is absolutely fantastic! When I make the sauce, I usually add some sesame seeds for looks. The better quality soy sauce you use, the better your final product will be. Granulated white sugar is added to taste. Oh, for ten stars!
Pour in soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil, and sugar.
For a glaze/marinade, I find two teaspoons of cornstarch plus enough water to dissolve it in is perfect, but I've even gone up to two tablespoons + water to make a really really thick sauce.