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
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!
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- 1 cup water
- 5 tablespoons packed brown sugar
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- 1-2 tablespoons honey
- 1 large clove of garlic, finely minced
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- ¼ cup cold water
- 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 ¼ 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.
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This sounds really good. I was starting my hunt for weekend dinner ideas and this popped up! Thanks !
This is great. I prefer not to rely on bottled or ready made foods if I can help it. If I make it myself I know what’s in it.
However, it would never occur to me to make my own teriyaki sauce. Thanks for sharing this.
Sounds like a great recipe for teriyaki…I should make my own, too.
Wow this sounds so good and easy to prepare as well. I would have never thought to make my own teriyaki. Kudos!!!
My family and I love Teriyaki Chicken. Thanks for the variation. I’m sure we’ll try it out very soon.
One side dish that we typically add is
grilled jalapeno peppers. Delicious!
The kids can handle them since most of the spice is grilled out.
I can just imagine how delicious the meal must be!
Oh I know that would be so good!
That looks beautiful! Nice job on making your own teriyaki sauce!
I posted the same recipe today… this was the first time I tried Teriyaki chicken but I did not do it from scrach like you.
Nice recipe.
Ciao.
I also recently started making my own teriyaki sauce and couldn’t believe how easy it was!
Congrats! you’re now making your own teriyaki sauce, I’ll definitely try your recipe. Your dinner sounds really filling and not fussy at all. I like that.
We seem to be very similar in taht there are loads of things that I do not buy ready. I just went through the list of the ingredients for the teriyaki sauce and it does seem pretty simple. I will try to make it as well – got encouraged by your post.
I love teriyaki chicken…I think I’ll make this this week. I have fresh pineapple and just the ingredients on hand! Yum!
That chicken looks very succulent. Great recipe!
I haven’t had teriyaki in a while, but was scanning the bottles in Whole Foods yesterday, looking at the combos. I’m right with you on the “make your own” and have gotten into the habit of checking out the descriptions on the labels of bottles in the store to get new ideas. Yours sounds yummy. Especially in the weather we’re having. Great for the BBQ.
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That looks fingerlicking, Deb!
Nice and easy. Tried it on burgers with grilled pineapple and it was wonderful.
I just made this teriyaki sauce and it was very easy to make and very good. Thank you for this recipie.
I just made this today and it was very easy as well as being DELICIOUS. Thank you for this recipie. I will keep it in my recipie box for the future as I will make it again.
please be advised this will NOT be gluten free unless you use gluten free soy sauce!
how long would this last if I didn’t use it up all at once?
I’m guessing that it should last several weeks tightly covered in the refrigerator.
Not trying to be a troll, but this is NOT teriyaki sauce. So if that’s what you’re looking for this is not it.
True teriyaki sauce is: Soy sauce, sugar, mirin or sake, optional ginger.
This must be the Americanized version. 😉
This turned out so yummy and was super easy to make. It also saved my rear end when the steaks weren’t completely thawed and I had to rethink my dinner plans. I sliced the partially frozen steaks thin and added this fabulous sauce and served it on a bed of rice with veggies. It was a total success!
Awesome – so glad you loved it!! Sounds like a fabulous dinner!
I will try this recipe, on Wednesday. Thank You, Kindly!!!
Great ! But why buying mayonnaise ? It’s as easy to do it yourself !
Made this sauce for some stir fry tonight. Amazing and so easy!!! Never buying the bottled stuff again!
I’m so glad you loved it!
Deborah,
This sauce is amazing! I just made it today, and it’s all the yumminess, and no saltiness that store-bought sauce offers. I was impressed with the amount of sauce this yields, I used less than half to marinade my tofu for tonight’s stir fry.
I usually don’t buy teriyaki sauce anymore because of the price and the saltiness/sodium content. It will be nice to have yummy teriyaki in the house!
Thank you!
I’m so glad it was such a hit!!
I was out but needed some for dinner. Why haven’t I ever tried making my own before? Thanks for the recipe. I have it marked because I won’t be buying it from now on…
I just made this.I sauted some thin sliced chicken breasts addad the cooked sauce and served it over rice. I did add the juice and zest of half an orange. So easy and delicious.
I have made this twice now and it far exceeds anything you can buy! Going to pass this one on to the ladies in my family.
So glad you love it – I agree with you! 😉
I just made this for our dinner tonight as a marinade! Super easy and very good! Love the thickness love the flavor! Never buying store bought ever again! Thank you 🙂
And I added a little bit of sesame seeds! 🙂
Yay! So glad you loved it!
how long will this last in the fridge or should I freeze it ?? I want to make big batches to give to my kids & to have on hand for myself…in hot glass jars to seal it…
We usually go through it in a week or less, but I’m guessing it would last for awhile in the refrigerator. I haven’t tried canning it or freezing it, so I’m afraid I couldn’t tell you how well it would work. Sorry!
Can I use raw honey for this recipe ?
I’m guessing you should be able to.
I found this recipe on food.com ( as you noted) – I follow it which just has powdered garlic vs fresh, and it is delicious !! I’ve been making my own for about a year, this is a serious keeper recipe and an awesome staple to have on hand to use in a quick stir fry ( whatever veg you happen to have on hand) stir fried with rice, add chicken or steak …I’ve used up left over BBQ steak, finely sliced it the next day, did a quick pan fry with this teriyaki, added some chopped mushrooms, over rice, or broccoli…I also really love doing a quick stir fry of cabbage, a little broccoli , few shaved carrots, then sitfry chicken and add a ton of white mushrooms …to serve I layer it ( like the fast food places in the mall) white rice on the bottom of the bowl, topped with the cabbage mix, then the chicken mushroom mix and then top with the teriyaki…soooo good! Well. There are a few of my personal favs for using this truly awesome sauce/merinade!
My husband was skeptical and wanted me to use the store bought jar. I went ahead and made this and he raved! So this is now my go to teriyaki sauce. Excellent flavour! I added a bit to my rice cooker while cooking my rice. Delicious!
I made it. It was easy to make . It was real good and I added some chili paste to kick it up a notch. . I would of made my own sauce long time ago if I knew how easy it was to make
Love the idea of adding the chili paste! So glad you liked it!
I’ve been looking everywhere for a teriyaki sauce made without vinegar…. Can’t wait to try this!! Thanks!
Deborah, you saved my dinner the other night! I will never buy teriyaki from the store again:)
My family and I have started a new adventure called the Real Food Adventure. Basically, getting away from processed food and eating only real foods! I’m blogging about it and shared your recipe when I ran into a hurdle with my store bought sauce.
Again, thanks so much for this great recipe!
Hi, thanks for your recipe. It looks so easy and delicious. I wonder can I make it ahead and store it in a mason jar for further use? And if i can, how long can it be stored?
Hi, Deborah. I have made this sauce few days ago and it was amazing! I used it for ground beef and noodles. But seriously, I could just drink the whole bottle. 😀
This is the best teriyaki sauce I have every had.Will never EVER buy bottled sauce again.Only change I made was fresh ginger.
Thank you for such a great recipe !
I’m so glad you loved it!