Your taste buds with thank you for creating your very own Teriyaki Sauce at home!
Teriyaki Sauce is a sweet and tangy sticky sauce that is primarily used for glazing or basting. A delicious way we like to use it is when grilling chicken. While the chicken is almost finished cooking and still on the grill, coat the chicken thoroughly with this savory sticky Teriyaki Sauce and it’ll come out simply incredible! You don’t have to grill the chicken, but its just an idea of how to use the sauce.
To make this Teriyaki Sauce, gather your ingredients. You will need: 1/2 cup of soy sauce, 1/2 cup of Saki, 1/2 cup of Mirin, 1.5 tablespoons of sugar, 1 tablespoon of minced onion (not the dried minced onion, mince a bit of an actual onion), 2 minced garlic cloves, 1/4 teaspoon of red pepper flakes, 1/2 tablespoon of sesame seeds, and 1/2 teaspoon of powdered ginger.
In a saucepan, sauté onion and crushed red pepper in vegetable oil for 5 minutes or until translucent. Add the minced garlic and powdered ginger, stirring constantly for 1 minute. Next, add the Saki to deglaze the pan, then add the mirin, soy, and sugar. Cook and reduce on low heat. Make a cornstarch slurry with 2 teaspoons of cornstarch and 2 teaspoons water. Now add the sesame seeds and the corn starch slurry. Stir until Teriyaki Sauce is thick and remove from heat.
All done! Enjoy!
Teriyaki Sauce
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 1/2 cup Saki
- 1/2 cup Mirin
- 1.5 Tbsp Sugar
- 1 Tbsp Onion, minced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
- 2 tsp cornstarch
- 2 tsp water
- 1/2 tbsp sesame seeds
- 1/2 tsp powdered ginger
Instructions
- In a saucepan, sauté onion and crushed red pepper in vegetable oil for 5 minutes or until translucent.
- Add garlic and ginger, stirring constantly for 1 minute.
- Add Saki to deglaze the pan, then add mirin, soy, and sugar. Cook and reduce.
- Add sesame seeds and corn starch slurry.
- Stir until thick and take off heat.
