Teriyaki is a very rich and fragrant sauce, which is wonderfully combined with vegetables, chicken, meat, fish and other products. It can be found in the store, but much better to cook yourself.
Only in this way products retain their natural taste and unmatched aroma. In addition, you will not need to use dyes and preservatives, which are in the purchase of sauces.
Teriyaki at home - general principles of cooking
Teriyaki are traditionally made from soy sauce. The higher the quality, the better the taste. It is not necessary to buy cheap products of dubious production of paint, water and other unnecessary ingredients, in this case it will not work. Also consider that the product may contain different amounts of salt. Increasingly, you can find lightly salted options that are designed for filling ready meals.
What else is added to teriyaki:
• honey;
• sugar;
• garlic;
• ginger;
• vinegar;
• butter.
The thickening of the sauce is due to the addition of starch. Ingredients are combined in certain proportions, water is added and all this is boiled on the stove. Then the mass is filtered. But there are other options for the sauce, for example, from confiture, the recipe can be viewed below.
In addition to the sauce, there are dishes that are called teriyaki. This is chicken, meat, vegetables. They are very easy to prepare, and due to the sauce they do not require a lot of ingredients. Below there are interesting recipes with a detailed description.
Teriyaki sauce at home
In the classic version of teriyaki sauce, only fresh ginger is used, it is undesirable to replace it with powder. Also for the present version only corn starch is used. But if that is not available, then you can replace the potato product.
Ingredients
• 0.15 L soy sauce;
• 25 g of honey;
• 2 tsp. oils;
• 5 cloves of garlic;
• 100 ml of water;
• 60 g of sugar;
• 2 tsp. grated ginger; • 2 tsp. starch;
• 2 tablespoons of vinegar.
Method of preparation
1. In the process of cooking did not form lumps of starch, mix it first with sugar, do everything in a saucepan. Convenient for cooking sauce use a ladle with a handle.
2. Squeeze the garlic or just chop finely and send it to the saucepan, spread the grated root of ginger.
3. Fill with water, soy sauce, immediately add vinegar. We enter honey. It is not necessary to melt in advance. Thoroughly stir everything with a whisk until smooth.
4. Put the teriyaki on the stove. Cook it until thick. Be sure to stir the sauce and lift from the bottom. The mass is very sweet, it can easily burn.
5. As soon as teriyaki begins to gurgle and resemble liquid kissel, you need to remove the saucepan from the stove.
6. We give it a little stand, but it is not necessary to cool completely, otherwise it will become too thick. Strain through a strainer, getting rid of pieces of ginger and garlic. You can wipe them, but then the mass will be muddy, the color will change a little.
7. Pour the sauce into a container with a tight lid so that the flavors do not spread, put in the fridge. The next day it will be even more delicious.
Teriyaki at home with wine
The wine version of the sauce is also considered by many classics. But this recipe without ginger and garlic. Additionally, you will need a light confiture, you can take an apricot.
Ingredients
• a glass of soy sauce;
• 2 tablespoons of starch;
• glass of confiture;
• 100 ml of white wine;
• 80 ml of water.
Method of preparation
1. Combine the sauce with confiture and wine. Stir and pour into the saucepan. Put on the stove, bring to a boil.
2. Mix the starch with water. We do not use boiling water, it is better to take the liquid at room temperature so that everything is well dissolved, no lumps form. Stir.
3. Pour the diluted starch into the boiling sauce. Stir, continue to warm up.
4. As soon as the mass thickens, a beautiful color appears and turbidity leaves, immediately remove the saucepan from the fire. Cool the sauce. If there are no lumps in it, then nothing is needed to filter.
Teriyaki chicken at home
Recipe stunning chicken teriyaki. The dish will be cooked from the breast, and the whole process will take no more than a quarter of an hour. A great option for a quick dinner or lunch. Additionally, you will need white sesame oil, you can take any.
Ingredients
• 500 g chicken fillet;
• 3 spoons of butter;
• 100 ml teriyaki sauce;
• Sesame spoon;
• 2 cloves of garlic.
Method of preparation
1. Heat some oil in a skillet.
2. Peel the garlic, cut the vegetables in half into two plates. Put in butter, fry slightly to a ruddy color, discard.
3. Cut the chicken fillet into small pieces or a long straw. Put in hot garlic oil and fry on high heat for about three minutes, stir. White meat during this time has almost reached readiness.
4. Spread teriyaki sauce on the chicken and remove the fire immediately so that nothing burns. We warm the poultry with sauce for a few minutes so that it becomes saturated with flavors and flavors.
5. Turn off the stove. Put the chicken on a plate, sprinkle with sesame seeds. Or lay out on different plates with side dishes. White or brown rice is ideal here, the chicken goes well with pasta.
Teriyaki sauce at home with lemon
A simplified version of teriyaki sauce. It is prepared with lemon juice, dry ginger, does not require filtering. Garlic is used fresh, but laid in a special way.
Ingredients
• 5 cloves of garlic;
• 150 g of soy sauce;
• 0.5 lemon;
• 0.5 Art. Sahara;
• 1 spoon of honey;
• 140 ml of water;
• 1.5 tsp. starch;
• 1 tbsp. l oils;
• 1 tsp. dry ginger.
Method of preparation
1. Peel the whole garlic and cut into pieces that can be easily removed. One last slice just very finely rubbed. Heat the oil, fry the garlic pieces until golden. Take out and throw away. When frying, make sure that nothing is burned.
2. Add chopped garlic and ginger to the oil, squeeze the lemon juice from the half, the bones should not fall. Turn off the stove. 3. Mix sugar with honey, starch and water in a saucepan. Add garlic mass. Then pour soy sauce.
4. Put everything on the fire, stirring, bring to a boil.
5. Cool the prepared sauce and use it for different purposes.
Rice with teriyaki sauce at home
Such rice can be tasted in Japanese restaurants, it is very tasty and has a beautiful caramel color, suitable for various side dishes, but can also be used as an independent dish.
Ingredients
• 1.5 cups of rice;
• 80 g teriyaki sauce;
• 2 tsp. oils.
Method of preparation
1. Choose a long or just large rice, sort out, throw in boiling water, take at least 1.5 liters. Boil, but not quite to readiness. Let it be slightly harsh rice, which holds its shape well.
2. Pour the rice into a colander.
3. Heat the oil, combine with rice, start to warm up and add the sauce. Well stir, cover the pan.
4. Let us warm up for two minutes and turn it off. Before serving, we vigorously stir with a spatula to break the stuck grains.
Teriyaki pork at home
Another dish that can be found in Japanese restaurants. For cooking you need pork, but not just meat. It is advisable to use a tenderloin. If you fail to find such a piece, then we take just another flesh. We prepare the sauce according to any of the recipes or just buy in the store.
Ingredients
• 400 g pork;
• 1 tbsp. l sesame;
• 2 spoons of sesame oil;
• 5 spoons of sauce.
Method of preparation
1. Pork rinse. We wipe a piece of meat with napkins so that there are no drops on it. Cut into thin strips. We shift everything to the bowl.
2. Add the recipe sauce to the meat. Stir well, tamp and leave to pickle. It is desirable to withstand at least an hour. During this time, the pork is well soaked. Salt is not necessary to add.
3. Heat the oil. If there is no sesame, then we take olive or just sunflower.
4. Put the marinated meat in the oil, shaking off excess moisture. Sauce and juices that have accumulated at the bottom of the bowl, do not need to throw away. 5. Fry pork for about three minutes, a little longer.
6. Fill the meat with juices from the bowl. Cover the pan and simmer for about five minutes.
7. Spread teriyaki pork on a plate, sprinkle with sesame.
Teriyaki vegetables at home
Vegetables in teriyaki sauce can be cooked differently, it goes well with all kinds, but peppers, zucchini and eggplants work out especially well. This recipe is intended for the oven, but you can do it on the grill.
Ingredients
• 2 eggplants;
• 2-3 peppers;
• 2 zucchini (zucchini);
• 100 g teriyaki.
Method of preparation
1. Peel the seeds out of the pepper. We cut each into two or three parts, if it is large.
2. At eggplants we cut off tips. Cut into large pieces. Squash just as well.
3. Throw all the vegetables in a common bowl. Add to them teriyaki, stir and leave for half an hour, let them marinate. For now, preheat the oven to 160 degrees.
4. Put the pickled vegetables in shape. You can cover it with foil and make sides so that you do not wash off the sauce. His, along with vegetable juices, pour out the top.
5. Put the vegetables in the oven, bake until soft.
Teriyaki at Home - Tips and Tricks
• Wine vinegar is often replaced with apple product. But also for cooking sauce, you can use rice vinegar, which is often bought home, used for sushi.
• If the sauce is cooked for direct consumption, and not for cooking various dishes, but you do not need to make it too salty, dilute with water to the desired taste, reducing the amount of soy sauce.
• Honey is not for everyone. If you are allergic to bee products, you can exclude it.
