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Basic Teriyaki Sauce
This is a simple mixture of soy sauce, brown sugar, Sake, and mirin, cooked down until it becomes a semi-thick, spoon-coating sauce with a constant pull between sweet and salty.
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Basic Teriyaki Sauce
About This Recipe
| Yield: | makes about 1 cup |
| Active time: | 2 minutes |
| Total time: | 20 minutes |
| This recipe appears in: | Sauced: Teriyaki Sauce |
Ingredients
- 1 cup Japanese shoyu (soy sauce)
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
- 1 cup Mirin
- 1/2 cup Sake
Procedures
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Mix soy sauce, sugar, mirin, and sake together in a small saucepan. Bring mixture to a boil over medium-high heat, reduce to a simmer, and cook until thickened enough to coat a spoon, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat, let cool, and use immediately or store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
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