Teriyaki Sauce, Easy Old School Recipe For Teriyaki Sauce

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.

Combine 3 parts sugar, 2 parts soy sauce, and 1 part water in a pot.

Use a container to measure the ingredients; for example, 1 cup or 1 teaspoon can be used for parts.

Add 6 containers of sugar, 4 containers of soy sauce, and 2 containers of water to the pot.

Stir the mixture to dissolve the sugar at the bottom before heating.

Turn the heat on to medium-low and melt the sugar without boiling the mixture.

Roughly chop the ginger and crush the garlic without peeling them.

Add the chopped ginger and crushed garlic to the pot once the sugar has melted.

Turn off the heat and let the sauce sit to cool.

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