Homemade Teriyaki Sauce
I’ve mentioned that my father is Italian and my mother is Swedish so growing up most (if not all) of our food was European (98% Italian!) so Japanese was something that my sister and I introduced to our parents through the take-out menu. I absolutely love teriyaki sauce but had no idea how to make it. Slowly through my blog I have taught myself to make many things from scratch, including this recipe for teriyaki sauce. I hope you enjoy it as much as my family and I do!
Homemade Teriyaki Sauce
- Total Time: 7 minutes
- Yield: 1 1/2 Cups 1x
Description
How would I describe teriyaki sauce? Sweet and savoury liquid velvet! Does that sound like heaven because I’m pretty sure heaven has THIS Teriyaki sauce 🙂
Ingredients
¼ Cup sodium-reduced soy sauce
2 tbsp brown sugar
3 Cloves garlic, crushed
1 Inch fresh ginger, grated
1 Cup water
1 tbsp cornstarch
Instructions
Whisk all ingredients together until the cornstarch is completely dissolved.
Bring the mixture to a boil until it has thickened and then drop the heat to low.
Notes
- Pictured above, Shrimp Teriyaki:
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
453 g (1 pound) shrimp (cleaned deveined)
1 Batch of Teriyaki Sauce
2 – 3 Cups cooked rice
2 Green onions/scallions, sliced, for garnish
Whisk the ingredients for the teriyaki sauce together and then set aside.
Heat a wok or large frying pan over high heat and add the olive oil, when it’s hot (it will ripple) add the shrimp; season with salt and pepper.
Sauté the shrimp until they start to turn pink and then pour the teriyaki mixture into the pan. Let the mixture come to a boil and when the sauce has thickened drop the heat to low until the shrimp are completely cooked.
Serve over the rice and garnish with the green onions.
- Prep Time: 5 Minutes
- Cook Time: 2 Minutes
- Category: Sauce
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Japanese
Never even thought about making teriyaki sauce from scratch before. Thanks for the recipe.
I hope you like it as much as I do 🙂
Have never even thought about making homemade teriyaki sauce but this looks so easy!
It’s crazy how easy it is… yummy too!
I love that this is only 6 ingredients (and they are all things I tend to have on hand, even better!) and it looks amazing with the shrimp 🙂
Thanks! I love a great “pantry” dish too 🙂