EASY Teriyaki Sauce Recipe | Pro Hibachi chef makes teriyaki sauce from scratch.

mirin

🥗Healthier: rice vinegar + sugar

💰Cheaper: white wine + sugar

Rice vinegar + sugar mimics the sweetness and acidity of mirin.

sake

🥗Healthier: white grape juice

💰Cheaper: dry sherry

White grape juice provides sweetness without alcohol.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey adds a unique flavor while being a natural sweetener.

cornstarch

🥗Healthier: arrowroot powder

💰Cheaper: flour

Arrowroot powder thickens without altering flavor.

Peel the ginger skin off.

Peel the onion by cutting the base off and leaving the top.

Wash the pear and cut it into quarters without peeling.

Smash down 5 garlic cloves.

Add 1.5 cups of sugar into a bowl.

Add 1 cup of soy sauce into the bowl with sugar.

Add 0.5 cups of water into the bowl with sugar and soy sauce.

Turn on the grill and let the sugars melt into the soy sauce, stirring occasionally.

Once the sugar is melted, add the pears, ginger, onion, and garlic to the mixture.

Let the mixture cook down for about 20 minutes to extract flavors.

Check the texture; it should be a little watery but kind of sticky.

If you want to thicken the sauce, mix cornstarch with water and add it while warm.

Let the sauce cool down before pouring it into a 16-ounce bottle.

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