Home made teriyaki sauce!

[amphigori]

Yummm.

I haven't liked the teriyaki sauce I've been buying at the store, so I took a stab at making my own. So easy! Never again shall I buy it in a bottle.

I don't have a recipe per se. This was done very much by taste. But I used:

Soy sauce
Water
Brown sugar
Juice of 1/2 an orange
1 clove garlic
1 spring onion
A generous grating of ginger
A smidge of soy oil
A splash of red-wine vinegar (in place of sake + sugar or even rice-wine vinegar)

Chop, blend, heat it all up, let it cool. Done! It's a little thin because I didn't use any kind of thickener. I could just keep reducing it down but couldn't be bothered. I ended up with a perfectly balanced sauce that's sweet, tangy, spicy, rich and delicious. And it took about, oh, 3 min to make. And cost peanuts.

Yum!

I think if you use tamari (maybe) this can be gluten free.

Comments

[amphigori.livejournal.com]

Nifty! Well there you go. You should be all set then! :D

[lamprey.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I find that the lager yeast tends to smell when it's fermenting but ale yeast doesn't. I don't brew that many lagers though. :)

Just remember, when growing hops apparently they won't flower until the second year.