Teriyaki sauce

Teriyaki sauce can be used as a glaze, marinade or dipping sauce. Its umami flavor balance from the soy sauce — with the sweetness from sugar and rice wine — blends perfectly as a sauce for meat, vegetables or even rice.

Ingredients

• ¼ cup low-sodium soy sauce
• ¼ cup rice wine (mirin)
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 cup water
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• ¼ teaspoon ginger powder
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 ½ tablespoons water

Directions

1. Heat a pan to medium heat and add the soy sauce, rice wine, sugar, water and spices.
2. Stirring continuously, cook until the sugar dissolves and the mixture reduces to a glaze.
3. You can add some cornstarch combined with water (cornstarch slurry) to create a thicker sauce.
4. Remove from heat and serve.