Teriyaki Sauce and Marinade

AZPARZYCH's Note:

I love anything teriyaki, but some are too salty or have too much soy sauce. Found this on another sight and seems to be a good balance...

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 2

• 2⁄3; cup mirin (Japanese sweet rice wine)
• 1 cup soy sauce
• 4 ½ teaspoons rice vinegar
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1⁄3; cup sugar
• 7 garlic cloves , minced
• 1 tablespoon fresh ginger , minced
• 1 dash red pepper flakes
• black pepper

Directions:

1. Bring mirin to a boil in a saucepan over high heat.
2. Reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer for 10 minutes.
3. Pour in soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil, and sugar.
4. Season with garlic, ginger, pepper flakes, and black pepper; simmer an additional 5 minutes.
5. Store in a tightly sealed container in the refrigerator.

Reviews

[awalde]

The taste of this sauce is great and was really what I needed as I was running out of mine. It was done in a very short time and it's easier than going out to buy some! Really!

I used following ingredients:
mirin (Japanese sweet rice wine); substituted with dry cherry as I cannot get it here
soy sauce; used dark one
rice vinegar; used distilled one
sesame oil; used 100% pure one
sugar; as described
garlic cloves, minced; as described
fresh ginger, minced, used 2 tablespoon grated and pressed out the juice by hand
red pepper flakes; from my own
black pepper; as described

I tried this over some white rice (leftover) and the taste is great. I will use this for sure to marinate chicken and other dishes.

Result can be very different depending on the ingredients.
Thanks a lot for this great seasoning mix!

[diner524]

Excellent teriyaki sauce. I made 1/2 of the recipe and marinated chicken breast and then grilled the chicken. When in a hurry, I use Lawry's Teriyaki sauce with the pineapple juice, but DS doesn't care much for it, but he loved this sauce. The only change I made was to use dry ginger, as it is what I had on hand, but think using the fresh would make this even all the better. Thanks for sharing the recipe. Made for Newest Tag Game.