Teriyaki Sauce
By: Sheri Wetherell
Published: Friday, January 1, 2010 - 12:57am

Ingredients




1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons Mirin wine
1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed
1 inch  ginger root, peel, split lengthwise, then crush

Preparation

1 Mix all ingredients and put pierced meat into mixture for at least 24 hours. 2  Bar-b-q or broil meat. 3 If you want to thicken the sauce, you may simmer it over low heat and add a bit cornstarch.

About


Teriyaki is a Japanese cooking technique of grilling or broiling foods in a sweet marinade of soy sauce, mirin (sweet rice wine) and sugar. Though ginger and especially garlic are not traditional, both these ingredients add wonderful depth and flavor to the sauce.