
Skip the store bought stuff and make teriyaki sauce at home! This is my family's secret Golden Ratio Teriyaki Sauce that comes together in under 5 minutes!

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Teriyaki Sauce
- Total Time: 4 minutes
- Yield: 1 ½ cups 1x
Description
Skip the store bought stuff and make teriyaki sauce at home! This is my family's secret Golden Ratio Teriyaki Sauce that comes together in under 5 minutes!
Ingredients
- 9 tbsp soy sauce (130ml)
- 7 tbsp sake (100ml)
- 7 tbsp mirin (100ml)
- 4 tbsp cane sugar (50g)
Instructions
- Add the soy sauce, sake, mirin and sugar to a sauce pan over medium low to medium heat. Without bringing it to a boil, stir with a spoon spoon until the sugar completely dissolves. Remove from heat, pour into a storing jar and keep at room temperature or in the refrigerator for up to 3 months.
Notes
- Helpful Equipment: storing jar
- Nutritional Information Disclaimer: Nutrition information is a rough estimate calculated on an online tool (Cronometer).
- Prep Time: 2 minutes
- Cook Time: 2 minutes
- Category: sauces
- Method: stove top
- Cuisine: japanese
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 tbsp
Keywords: teriyaki sauce
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FiFi
Hi, what if I don't hv Sake? May I use broth or water or chinese wine? what wld you recommend?
Lisa Kitahara
I suggest water 🙂
Ken
Perfectly balanced and super simple to make!
★★★★★
michaela young
Great recipe! I just use water instead of the sake as suggested in previous comments and it sis delicious. Super quick and easy to make also.
★★★★★
Xtine
Made a big bottle, used it a bunch, love it too death. I always made mine with rice vinegar but i really like the depth the mirin and sake give it much better.
★★★★★
Yvie
This was so easy & quick to make! I love recipes like this especially since the flavor is leagues above commercial products. It’s so wonderful when people share recipes that are authentic and illustrate just how easy it is to create such fantastic flavors!
★★★★★
Brooke
Love this teriyaki sauce! It’s so simple that I feel a little silly for buying store bought for so long. This is now a staple sauce I’ll keep remaking.
★★★★★
Yalcin
Soooooo easy and what your get back for it is gold!
★★★★★
Elisabeth
Aaaand just like that, store-bought teriyaki sauce is ruined. I hate measuring ingredients when I cook (oops) but I made sure to follow this one and it was so worth it!
★★★★★
Angela
It s a much better version compared to store-bought as it's very easy to make, tastes perfectly and can be used in cooking and most of all, zero waste! Love it! Thanks for sharing!
★★★★★
Marie Lou
Sooo good thanks for this basic ingredient of the japanese kitchen🤎
★★★★★
Rachel
Hi Lisa! I am not sure i’ll be able to find mirin, can i substitute soy sauce instead? Thank you! 🙏🏼
Lisa Kitahara
No, sorry mirin and soy sauce are completely different!
Aoife Ryan
I made this last week for the first time and it was amazing! I substituted a cheap white wine for the sake on the advise of my Japanese SIL as I had no access to the saki needed for this in Ireland. It worked really well
★★★★★
Onwdis
So simple but delicious. 💛
★★★★★
Dimilia Prasyandhana
Very easy and simple to make! Love it! ❤️ Thanks for sharing!
★★★★★
Christina Fussell
This is delicious! I made it using water instead of sake. I can’t see myself ever buying pre-made teriyaki sauce again. However, I’d like to try the original recipe.
Is the type of sake in this sauce pasteurized or unpasteurized? Would something with crisp and fruity notes be alright like Junmai Ginjo? I wasn’t sure if there’s a specific sake for cooking you’d recommend, or if just about any sake would work.
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