Recipe #26 - Teriyaki Sauce

I really love Asian food, but I rarely make it.  I don't know that I have a good reason for this either.  Maybe its just a lack of good recipes for it.  (Feel free to send some my way!)

Because of this, I don't know that I have ever made my own Teriyaki Sauce before.  I think that I have always just purchased it bottled.  However, there is a great recipe here in the Our Best Bites cookbook, and you probably have all the ingredients in your pantry already.

This recipe can be found in the cookbook on page 46 or online here.  I was making it specifically for the Bacon-Wrapped Teriyaki Chicken Skewers recipe (found here).

First you combine everything but the cornstarch and water in a small saucepan.

While the sauce is heating, you whisk together the cornstarch and water.

Once the sauce comes to a full boil, you whisk in the cornstarch mixture.

Stir until sauce is thickened.  Remove from heat and cool.

So easy!  Only takes a couple minutes!  If you have a recipe that calls for teriyaki sauce, you could whip up this recipe faster than you could go pick up bottled sauce at the store.  It made just over a cup of teriyaki sauce.