Sauces & Condiments Japanese ✦ Inspired by: Solty Rei-inspired naming

Solty Rei’s Teriyaki Sauce

Soy, sugar, vinegar, garlic, ginger and black pepper cook into a thick teriyaki-style sauce, with hot sauce bringing enough heat to make grilled chicken reconsider its life choices.

Solty Rei’s Teriyaki Sauce

What It Is

Soy, sugar, vinegar, garlic, ginger and black pepper cook into a thick teriyaki-style sauce, with hot sauce bringing enough heat to make grilled chicken reconsider its life choices.

Origin

Teriyaki is Japanese in technique and flavour. This spicy version is a fandom-flavoured house sauce rather than a strict traditional tare.

Fun Fact

The word teriyaki combines teri, referring to shine or glaze, with yaki, meaning grilled or cooked over direct heat.

Prep
5 min
Cook
8 min
Total
13 min
Servings
10 tbsps
(halve it if it's just you and today has been a lot)
Difficulty
easy
Dairy-Free Nut-Free
Diet
Vegetarian, Vegan, Dairy-Free, Nut-Free, Low-Carb
Away Mission
15 min walk
(or 12 minutes arguing with a Klingon about honour)
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Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp cornstarch
  • 1 tbsp cold water
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • ½ cup soy sauce
  • ½ cup cider vinegar
  • 1 clove garlic
  • ½ tsp ground ginger
  • ¼ tsp black pepper
  • ½ tsp hot sauce

Steps

  1. Combine sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, ginger, pepper and hot sauce in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
  2. Mix cornstarch and cold water until smooth.
  3. Whisk the slurry into the boiling sauce and cook until thick and glossy.
  4. Remove from heat and cool slightly before using.

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Notes

Use ordinary hot sauce if you want flavour. Use extreme pepper extract only if your dinner has signed a waiver and has legal representation.

Nutrition Facts
Per 2 tbsp
Calories 60
Burning this off: two laps of avoiding small talk at a family gathering.
% Daily Value*
Fat 0.0 g 0%
Saturated + Trans 0 g 0%
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 670 mg 29%
Carbohydrate 13.0 g
Fibre 0.0 g 0%
Sugars 12.0 g 12%
Protein 1.0 g
Potassium 45 mg 1%
Calcium 5 mg 0%
Iron 0.3 mg 2%
*5% or less is a little, 15% or more is a lot. Sodium levels calculated in a country with universal healthcare — and it's free, so don't worry about it too much.
A genuinely respectable nutrition profile. No red flags here — go ahead and feel a little smug about it.

Substitutions

Rice vinegar can replace cider vinegar for a milder, more traditional result. Brown sugar can stand in for white for a deeper flavour. Cornstarch and water make the thickener here — arrowroot works at the same ratio if that's what you keep on hand.

Storage

Store in a sealed jar in the fridge for up to 3 weeks — the vinegar and sugar content make this a genuinely long-keeping sauce.

Freezing

Freezing is usually unnecessary for a small batch of sauce. If you do freeze it, use small portions and expect creamy or emulsified sauces to need a good whisk after thawing.