An easy homemade teriyaki sauce recipe made from pantry staples. This sauce is bold and thick and is great as a marinade or as a sauce served with your favorite meats.
Photos Updated July 2014
Homemade Teriyaki Sauce Recipe
There are lots of things I never considered making before, turning instead to the conveniently bottled versions. Salad dressings, mayonnaise, etc. Some of them I still buy bottled – mayonnaise – and some I make from scratch at home – salad dressings. One of these condiments that I recently tried to make from scratch was homemade Teriyaki sauce. It was so super easy and good, it made me wonder why I didn’t think to make it from scratch earlier!!
This homemade teriyaki sauce makes a thicker sauce that the bottled sauce, so it would be good served on top of something, but I used it as a marinade. I was going to use it on some grilled kabobs, but ended up throwing it in with some chicken breasts, letting it marinade overnight, then grilling the chicken. Along with the chicken, my husband grilled some fresh pineapple, which is my favorite way to eat pineapple! We also ate the chicken with some rice, and it was a delicious, filling dinner.
This homemade teriyaki sauce recipe only takes minutes to make, and tastes a lot better than the jarred sauce. This sauce is great just served as a sauce alongside your favorite meats as well as a marinade. I love that it is so versatile!
I think that I’ll be having more Asian inspired meals soon just so that I can make this recipe again!
SEE HOW EASY IT IS TO MAKE THIS HOMEMADE TERIYAKI SAUCE HERE:
Ways to Serve This Homemade Teriyaki Sauce
- As sauce with grilled chicken
- Add it to chicken pieces and broccoli and serve over rice
- As a glaze for salmon
- Mixed into noodles
- In any stir fry
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Homemade Teriyaki Sauce Recipe
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 15 mins
- Yield: 1 1/2 cups 1x
Description
An easy homemade teriyaki sauce recipe made from pantry staples. This sauce is bold and thick and is great as a marinade or as a sauce served with your favorite meats.
Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 5 tablespoons packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1–2 tablespoons honey
- 1 large clove of garlic, finely minced
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/4 cup cold water
Instructions
- Combine the 1 cup water, brown sugar, soy sauce, honey, garlic and ginger in a medium saucepan and set over medium heat.
- In a small bowl, combine the cornstarch with the 1/4 cup water and whisk until dissolved. Add the cornstarch mixture to the saucepan.
- Heat the sauce until it thickens to your desired thickness. If the sauce becomes too thick, add more water to thin it out.
Recipe Notes:
slightly adapted from Food.com
SLY says
gonna try this recipe 😋❤
Linda says
I wanted to make a good shrimp stir fry for dinner tonight. This sauce is going to be perfect. It’s 6 am and I’m already looking forward to dinner tonight.
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Courtney Icenhower says
Great recipe!! Super easy!
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Tiffany says
If I wanted to make this and store in the fridge, how long would it last?
Deborah says
I try to use it within a week, but it should be good in the refrigerator up to 2-3 weeks.
Ni says
I made this recipe twice and they are so good. I ran out of the honey for the second batch and I used maple syrup. It turned out wonderful as the batch I used honey! Thank you!!!!
Gerre Gannaway says
The idea of using maple syrup never occurred to me. I’ll give it a try and double the garlic (My wife eats garlic like candy.).
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Anthony Pink says
Very delicious recipe, very easy to make, definitely a go to.
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NJ says
First time making and it was delicious. Thank you for sharing.
Brynne says
How long does this last in the refrigerator?
Deborah says
I usually try to use it within a week, but it should be good up to 2-3 weeks.
Judi says
Air chicken wings and then add to this sauce, delicious!!
Joe Ryan says
Delicious! Exactly what I was looking for. My family loved it! Thank you.
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Cathleen says
Great recipe and so easy! I used fresh grated ginger to give it extra zing – it turn out as good or better than the store bought kind and a lot less expensive. Thanks!
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Dee Carter says
I normally have never liked store bought teriyaki sauce but I tried this recipe and it was amazingly delicious!!!!
I would definitely recommend it for anyone to try. Also it is super easy to make and homemade is always better and cheaper.
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Jackie Donofrio says
This recipe was easy and good!
Gloria Collins says
Great recipe and I had all the ingredients in my cabinet.
D Lintz says
I made as directed. It was good but next time I’ll cut back on brown sugar by 1 TBSP and increase ginger and garlic. Very good base though!
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Mitch S says
This is beyond amazing. My girlfriend and I loved it. Can always sauté up some veggies like spinach and mushroom in a little bit of sesame oil, and throw sesame seeds on top. So good
Vinny says
Was out of teriyaki sauce. Ran across this and it worked out great. Will make again.
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Sue Moore says
Wish I would have found this years ago, so easy and quick to make. Don’t know how I missed this one! DELISCIOUS!! Thank you.
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Danielle Gager says
Super easy and tasted great. I used cinnamon for the ginger substitute and it works
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Mickey A says
Delicious!! Easy and fast! I used it for steelhead purchased at Costco as well as a topping for brown rice. I doubled the recipe and will try putting in freezer bags. Next time, I will finish with sesame seeds.
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Calie says
This sauce is boss! Thanks for sharing!
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Angie Lou says
This was easy to make and tasty! Next time, I’ll probably cut back on the sugar a bit. It’s yummy; but I think it’ll still be good with a bit less.
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Tracy says
Absolutely delicious!!! Love this recipe
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Lauren Malone says
Absolutely love this teriyaki sauce and so does my guy (Mr. Fussy lol). I wish you had nutritional information 😁
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