This Easy Homemade Teriyaki Sauce is fast to throw together and has amazing flavor. Use it for stir fry, dipping, salads, meats and more!Makes about 1 - 1 1/2 Cups
In a small saucepan, mix together brown sugar, soy sauce, honey, vinegar, garlic, ginger and black pepper. Heat on medium heat, stirring occasionally.
While you are waiting for the sauce to come to a boil, mix together the cold water and cornstarch, set aside.
Once the sauce starts to boil, add the cornstarch slurry, stirring constantly. Stir until sauce thickens.
Remove from heat and serve over your favorite cut of meat, as a sauce for a fresh stir-fry, or as a dressing for a salad or wrap.
Notes
You can easily change the flavors in this recipe to your liking. If you like more ginger, add a touch more. If you want it to have some heat, add more pepper.
You can use white sugar instead of brown sugar. It will change the sweetness a bit, but you can't go wrong with either. You will notice I also use honey to balance out the sweetness-the combo is so good I promise! But it is just as good if you want to skip the honey.
I prefer low sodium soy sauce, but regular works great too, it will just have a bit more salty flavor (but in my opinion that is never a bad thing)!
After you add the cornstarch slurry, your sauce should thicken almost immediately. If it doesn't, you can slowly add in more cornstarch slurry until it reaches your desired consistency. To do this, just use equal parts of cold water and cornstarch. Just make sure you mix the cold water and cornstarch together first, then add it into the sauce.
If the sauce turns out too thick, just add water until it reaches your desired consistency. Likewise, add more cornstarch slurry as mentioned above to thicken it to your liking.
Store any leftovers in a tightly sealed container in your refrigerator for up to a week.
Nutrition information is automatically calculated and should only be used as an approximation.