Teriyaki Sauce

Name: Teriyaki Sauce
Total time: 16 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: japanese
Ingredients: 100 ml Soy sauce; 60 ml Mirin; 40 ml sake; 2 tbsp Caster sugar

12 min · 7 min active · makes 230 ml · Medium · Japanese

A glossy, deeply savoury Japanese glaze built from four pantry staples: soy sauce, mirin, sake, and a little sugar. Reduced to a light coating consistency, it has a clean balance of soy, mirin, sake, and sugar, a gentle alcoholic depth, and the kind of lacquered finish that clings to fish, chicken, or tofu equally well. Quickly simmered and briefly rested before use.

Teriyaki Sauce

TOTAL TIME

12 min

ACTIVE TIME

7 min

QUANTITY

230 ml

DIFFICULTY

Medium

CUISINE

Japanese

Who’s eating

Ingredients0/4

Tools0/2

Ingredients

0/4 gathered · 4 servings

100ml

60ml

40ml

2tbsp

#	Quantity	Notes	State
1	100ml	—	—
2	60ml	—	—
3	40ml	—	—
4	2tbsp	—	—

Tools

2 items

Procedure

8 steps

1 of 8

Add the soy sauce, mirin and sake to the saucepan

Soy sauce · 100 mlMirin · 60 mlSake · 40 ml

ResultSoy sauce

2 of 8

Add caster sugar

Caster sugar · 2 tbsp

ResultSoy sauce and mirin mixture

3 of 8

Stir the soy sauce and mirin mixture

Look for

until sugar has fully dissolved

ResultStirred soy sauce

4 of 8

Bring the stirred soy sauce to a boil

gentle simmer

medium heat

ResultBoiled soy sauce

5 of 8

Simmer the boiled soy sauce

Look for

until reduced by about a quarter and coats the back of a spoon lightly — about 6 minutes, stirring occasionally

⏱ 6 min

ResultTeriyaki sauce

6 of 8

Rest the teriyaki sauce

allow to cool slightly before using

⏱ 5 min

ResultTeriyaki Sauce

Total Time12 min

#	Product	Tool	Action
1	100 ml		Add the soy sauce, mirin and sake to the saucepanResultSoy sauce
	60 ml
	40 ml
2	2 tbsp		Add caster sugarResultSoy sauce and mirin mixture
3	—		Stir the soy sauce and mirin mixtureLook foruntil sugar has fully dissolvedResultStirred soy sauce
4	—	medium heat	Bring the stirred soy sauce to a boil → gentle simmerResultBoiled soy sauce
5	—		Simmer the boiled soy sauceLook foruntil reduced by about a quarter and coats the back of a spoon lightly — about 6 minutes, stirring occasionally⏱ 6 minResultTeriyaki sauce
6	—		Rest the teriyaki sauce → allow to cool slightly before using⏱ 5 minResultTeriyaki Sauce
Total Time			12 min

Nutrition

per serving

Estimated · pre-cooking · 100% ingredients covered

Nutrient	Per serving
	92kcal
	2g
	0.2g
	19g
	11g
	0.2g
	1,498mg

Ingredients0/4

Tools0/2

japanese · Recipe

Teriyaki Sauce

Serves4

Total12 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Soy sauce100 ml
Mirin60 ml
Sake40 ml
Caster sugar2 tbsp

Tools

Small saucepanWooden spoon

Method

Add the soy sauce, mirin and sake to the saucepan

Small saucepanSoy sauce · 100 mlMirin · 60 mlSake · 40 ml

Add caster sugar

Small saucepanCaster sugar · 2 tbsp

Stir the soy sauce and mirin mixtureLook foruntil sugar has fully dissolved

Wooden spoon

Bring the stirred soy sauce to a boil → gentle simmer

medium heatSmall saucepan

Simmer the boiled soy sauceLook foruntil reduced by about a quarter and coats the back of a spoon lightly — about 6 minutes, stirring occasionally

6 minSmall saucepan

Rest the teriyaki sauce → allow to cool slightly before using

Result · Teriyaki Sauce

5 minSmall saucepan

Printed 3 September 2026