Teriyaki Sauce

The word teriyaki is a combination of two Japanese words, teri, "luster", and yaki, "to grill or broil". The mirin in the sauce gives a good luster to meat as it is cooked.

Ingredients

• ¼ cup (2 parts) soy sauce
• ¼ cup (2 parts) mirin
• 2 tablespoons (1 part) brown sugar
• 1 tsp fresh, peeled, finely-chopped ginger
• 1 tsp fresh, peeled, finely-chopped garlic
• A litte bit of sake (optional)

Steps

1. Mix everything in a 1-quart pot over low heat until the sugar dissolves.
2. Use sauce to marinate some raw meat or vegetables overnight in the refrigerator.

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Adapted from “Teriyaki Sauce” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.