Here's a homemade sauce that's so good that you'll never buy it again because it's so easy to make!
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❤️ Why you'll love it
- homemade teriyaki sauce easy to make with simple ingredients you've probably got on hand
- tastes better than the commercial kind
- never worry about having to run to the store mid-recipe again
This sauce is an important ingredient in so many delicious dishes! It's a great marinade for meat or poultry (think teriyaki chicken), excellent as a stir fry sauce, and a delicious dipping sauce for potstickers!
Let me warn you, though. Once you try this homemade teriyaki sauce recipe you'll never go back to the store bought kind. It's the perfect combination of savory-salty-sweet flavor!
🧾 Ingredients
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🔪 Instructions
- Add the soy sauce, 1 cup of water, brown sugar, honey, ginger, garlic, and onion to a small saucepan.
- Bring to a boil over medium high heat and then reduce to medium heat.
- Simmer for 2 - 3 minutes.
- Dissolve cornstarch in a small bowl with the ¼ cup cold water, whisking to make a cornstarch slurry. Stir it into the simmering soy sauce mixture. Cook until thickened.
🥄 Equipment
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🥫 Storage
Put in an airtight container (a pint sized glass Mason jar works great). Store up to a week in the refrigerator.
💭 Tips
Expert Tip: Use pineapple juice or orange juice for part of the water to give it even more flavor.
- I like to use both brown sugar and honey to sweeten this easy sauce but you can use all brown sugar or all honey if you wish.
- If you'd like a sweeter sauce you can add a bit more sugar or honey. Vary the amount of honey to your own tastes.
- White sugar gives the homemade sauce a bit more of a delicate flavor than the brown sugar.
- For an extra thick teriyaki sauce add a bit more cornstarch.
- I prefer powdered ginger to fresh ginger. If you want to use fresh you'll need about a teaspoon and a half of freshly grated ginger.
- You can substitute about ½ teaspoon of garlic powder for the fresh garlic.
- Adjust the saltiness to your own tastes by using low sodium soy sauce to lower it or regular soy sauce for a saltier teriyaki sauce.
- Marinate chicken in your homemade teriyaki sauce and then grill. Brush on a little more teriyaki during grilling to create a shiny glaze.
- Sometimes I add just a drizzle of smoked sesame oil or chile sesame oil for even more flavor.
👩🍳 FAQs
If you don't feel like making this easy teriyaki sauce recipe you can often substitute Korean bbq sauce or mix soy sauce, water, and a little honey.
Sort of. Teriyaki sauce is usually thickened with a corn-starch slurry. The marinade is the same recipe without the thickening agent.
Honey teriyaki sauce is the perfect balance between sweet and savory so it adds a lot of flavor to all kinds of foods.
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This Red Robin Copycat Campfire Sauce is another homemade condiment to add to your recipe file!
🍽️ Serve with...
Brush this simple honey teriyaki sauce on burgers, roasts, or chicken. It's also good on grilled pineapple!
I use this in my favorite slow cooker pineapple teriyaki chicken recipe.
📞 The last word
I learned my lesson during Covid 2020.
I, like Scarlett O'Hara, raised a tired fist to the sky and exclaimed, "I'll never be without bread, sauce of any kind, or toilet paper again!"
Now, I haven't yet learned to make toilet paper but as far as homemade versions of the commercial products I buy?
Y'all, it's not that deep.
This homemade teriyaki sauce is absolutely delicious in any recipe that you'd use the commercial kind in. It's also one of the easiest condiments to make!
It's less expensive, has more flavor, and if you go to the grocery stores and the teriyaki shelves are bare?
You'll smile to yourself and head home, confident in your abilities to recreate an even better version.
Add this simple sauce to any recipe that calls for teriyaki sauce. You'll love it!
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Homemade Honey Teriyaki Sauce
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- Whisk
Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 6 tablespoons packed brown sugar
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- ¼ cup cold water
- 2 tablespoons onion, minced
Instructions
- Combine 1 cup water, brown sugar, soy sauce, honey, garlic, onion, and ginger in a medium saucepan.
- Bring to a boil then turn down the heat to low.
- Let simmer for about 2 minutes.
- Combine the cornstarch with the ¼ cup water and whisk until dissolved. (corn starch slurry)
- Pour the slurry into simmering soy sauce mixture whisking constantly.
- Heat the sauce until it thickens.
- Pour in a clean jar with a screw on top.
- Let rest for at least 30 minutes for the flavors to blend.
- Refrigerate for up to 1 week.
Notes
- I like to use both brown sugar and honey to sweeten this easy sauce but you can use all brown sugar or all honey if you wish.
- White sugar gives the homemade sauce a bit more of a delicate flavor than the brown sugar.
- For an extra thick teriyaki sauce add a bit more cornstarch.
- I prefer powdered ginger to fresh ginger. If you want to use fresh you'll need about a teaspoon and a half of freshly grated ginger.
- You can substitute about ½ teaspoon of garlic powder for the fresh garlic.
- Adjust the saltiness to your own tastes by using low sodium soy sauce to lower it or regular soy sauce for a saltier teriyaki sauce.
Nutrition Facts
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Is it possible to make this to can in jars for future use??? (regarding: Homemade Honey Teriyaki Sauce)