How to Make Teriyaki Sauce

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Learn How to Make Teriyaki Sauce with just a few simple ingredients in less than 5 minutes! Homemade teriyaki sauce is easy to make and so delicious, with a kick of sriracha for extra flavor and a zing you will love.

Use it with all of your favorite Asian-inspired recipes, like Pineapple Teriyaki Chicken, 5-ingredient Chicken Stir Fry, or Shrimp Shumai.

🍽 Equipment

Learn how to make teriyaki sauce using:

• A bowl
• Whisk or fork
• Knife or mandoline to cut the ginger, garlic, and scallions
• Grater to zest the orange

To cut the ginger, scallions, and garlic, you may want to use a mandoline, though you can also use a knife. Follow our guide on How to Use a Mandoline for easy instructions.

🥘 What is teriyaki sauce made of?

The best part about this guide for how to make teriyaki sauce is that it uses simple, readily-available ingredients!

The kick of sriracha adds so much flavor and makes it one of the best sauce recipes ever. It’s perfect for dipping and using in recipes!

• Soy sauce
• Rice wine vinegar
• Sriracha sauce
• Ginger, finely chopped, or ground ginger
• Garlic cloves, smashed and finely chopped, or garlic paste
• Scallion or green onion, thinly sliced (both green and white parts)
• Orange, zested

I love making this easy sauce recipe at home. I use it on everything from pulled pork in a Teriyaki Rice Bowl and chicken in 5-ingredient Chicken Stir Fry to Pineapple Teriyaki Chicken.

🔪 How to Make Teriyaki Sauce

1. Add soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, Sriracha sauce, finely chopped ginger, minced garlic cloves, sliced scallion, and orange zest to a medium bowl.
2. Mix together until fully combined. If you like, heat it up in a small saucepan on the stove on low until it warms through and reaches the consistency you like. Enjoy!

For full ingredient measurements and more recipe tips, keep scrolling to the recipe card below!

⭐ Family Foodie Tips

You can heat up your sauce in a saucepan on the stove on low, or microwave it on low. How long you need to microwave it for depends on how much sauce you are heating. I recommend heating in 30 second intervals.

👪 Serving Size

This teriyaki recipe makes about 1 ½ cups of sauce.

We recommend a serving size of about 2 tablespoons if using as a teriyaki dipping sauce or as a teriyaki glaze, depending on the recipe.

For 2 tablespoons a serving, 1 ½ cups is equal to about 12 servings total. Plenty to enjoy with your favorite teriyaki recipes!

What is teriyaki sauce?

Teriyaki is a Japanese sauce recipe that’s so versatile and delicious. It’s perfect for pairing with a wide variety of dishes.

Traditionally, it uses soy sauce, mirin, sake, and sugar, but you can simplify making it at home by using the ingredients in this guide on how to make teriyaki sauce! The flavors are truly so delicious.

This sweet-and-savory sauce recipe goes well with everything from fish to vegetables, Japanese chicken recipes, steak stir fry recipes, pork cutlet recipes, and noodle stir fry.

It is by far our favorite sauce for Japanese recipes! But it pairs perfectly with other dishes, too. Especially our Shrimp Shumai, Thai Chicken Meatballs, or Thai Sausage Rolls!

The best Japanese teriyaki sauce is especially delicious brushed over grilled or pan-fried meat and seafood to add a burst of flavor and shine.

What is the best way to thicken teriyaki sauce?

I like to store my sauce on the thin side to use as an easy glaze. If you’d like to thicken the sauce further, you can simmer it longer on the stove to reduce the mixture, or stir in cornstarch or potato starch as a thickener.

1. In a small bowl, whisk together 1 tablespoon of cornstarch or potato starch with 1 tablespoon of water until smooth.
2. Pour into the small saucepan with the 1 ½ cups teriyaki sauce and cook over medium heat, whisking often, until the sauce has thickened.

Once you know how to make teriyaki sauce thick or thin, you can fine-tune it to your liking for your favorite recipes!

🥫 Storing

Store in an air-tight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.

After you’ve learned how to make Teriyaki sauce, you won’t want to go back to store-bought! It’s perfect for all of your favorite Japanese food recipes and more.

We are especially crazy about Asian chicken stir fry recipes and beef stir fry recipes using this sauce in my household.

🥗 What to Serve with Teriyaki Sauce

Serve it with all types of stir fry recipes, Asian recipes, and dishes like Slow Cooker Pulled Pork. Or, try serving it with chicken, like Smoked Chicken Thighs. The amount of recipes you can make with this Japanese sauce recipe is endless!

You can use it as a dipping sauce, too. I love this recipe as a dip for dumplings, chicken meatballs, sausage rolls, and more.

🥣 Homemade Sauce Recipes

Want to try more homemade sauce recipes? There is so much you can make at home that is easy and tastes incredible.

For your family dinner recipes, try:

• Peri Peri Sauce – perfect for Peri Peri Chicken
• Remoulade Sauce – delicious with seafood recipes
• Yum Yum Sauce

• Sriracha Fry Sauce – dip your appetizer recipes in it!
• Meatball Sauce Recipe – the ideal sauce for meatball recipes and pasta!
• Buffalo Sauce Recipe – a chicken wing recipe classic!
• Cheese Sauce Recipe – pair it with roasted vegetables and more!

And our ultimate homemade sauce recipe is our Garlic Butter Sauce. It pairs well with everything, but especially beef recipes like juicy steak bites!

For dessert, try our Strawberry Sauce, Rhubarb Sauce, and Butterscotch Sauce recipes.

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📋 Recipe

Photography by Tara Margetson.