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
Looking for more free recipes?
Subscribe to my free recipe newsletter to get new family friendly recipes in your inbox each week! Find me sharing more family-friendly inspiration on Pinterest and Instagram.
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
Katt D says
I’ve been looking for a teriyaki recipe that actually tastes RIGHT, and, here it is! I added a little sesame oil at the end, just cuz I like it! So good on broiled salmon…..
★★★★★
Tea B says
Great recipe! I Sautéed some onions, green onions, extra garlic and a Chile pepper… and I’d add sesame seeds if only I had them. Then proceeded to the teriyaki sauce ingredients (+ 1tbs apple cider vinegar). Turned out amazing, would have been great on its own, but I just felt the need to tweak it.
Caoimhe says
Substituted ground ginger with ginger purée and turned out just as nice!
★★★★★
Eric H. Bowen says
I made this sauce to serve over meatballs for a party. Easy to make and tasted great!
★★★★★
patricia sordiff says
gonna try this tonight for dinner,will get back to you and let you know how it turned out,thank you
Frances Eden says
It came out sweeter than I expected. I liked a more savory kick so I added 1/8 cup of Light soy sauce and another 1/8 cup of sake
★★★★
Veronica says
The best teriyaki recipe I’ve tried. Will definitely only use this one from now on. So yummy and easy!! Thank you!!
Kate R says
Family favourite! I have shared this recipe with all of my friends
Emani says
It was so delicious 🤤
★★★★★
Julie W says
I made this for the first time tonight for stir fry and it was a hit! I’ve tried other teriyaki sauce recipes and there was something that seemed to be missing. But your recipe was spot on! I don’t know how it was different than the others but it’s really good.
★★★★★
Martha Turner says
We have a niece with terrible food allergies (why would wheat even be in teriyaki sauce?) I made this recipe and in addition to being super easy to make it’s DELICIOUS! Thanks for a new “go to”!
Edwin says
Made this sauce for two pork tenderloins, and boy were they a hit… Will do this again but this time do ot on the grill!
Lea J says
This recipe was delicious & a hit.. The best sauce I’ve made by far.
★★★★★
Lis says
This was great and I know where my ingredients come from. I used San-J Tamari brewed soy sauce and local honey. Perfect on my chicken wings and pork steak on the grill using oak wood
★★★★★
Heather says
I’ve used this recipe two nights in a row because it’s so amazing. I love it more than store bought bottles. Absolutely saving this in my favorites. Thank you for sharing!
★★★★★