Name: Thermomix Teriyaki Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 60 g soy sauce (or tamari); 60 g mirin (see notes); 60 g cooking sake (see notes); 60 g water; 30 g brown sugar

This Thermomix teriyaki sauce is ready in 25 minutes and made with just 5 ingredients: soy sauce, mirin, cooking sake, water and brown sugar. Use it for marinating chicken or salmon, drizzling over rice bowls or tossing through noodles.

A small glass jar filled with dark teriyaki sauce, labelled Teriyaki Sauce, with a small white spoon resting beside it.

Traditionally, teriyaki sauce doesn't contain brown sugar - the mirin takes care of the sweetness. I've added a small amount here to help thicken the sauce and give it that glossy, sticky finish.

Here's a Look at the Ingredients

Two bottles of Obento cooking sake and mirin seasoning, with small bowls of brown sugar and soy sauce beneath them. — Cooking sake, mirin seasoning, brown sugar and soy sauce make up this teriyaki sauce (and water).

Mirin and cooking sake are both available at Coles and Woolworths in the Asian foods aisle.
Tamari can be used in place of soy sauce.

Teriyaki Sauce Tips

Leave the measuring cup off for the full 20 minutes. Steam needs to escape for the sauce to reduce properly. There's no need to place the simmering basket or splatter guard on top as the volume of liquid is small.
The sauce will look thin when it comes out of the Thermomix but will thicken upon cooling.

A spoonful of teriyaki sauce held over an open glass jar.

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