Japanese Style Teriyaki Sauce

This is a Japanese style teriyaki sauce/marinade that uses pineapple with skins, apples and mirin. You can adjust sweetness to your specifications by altering the amount of sugar.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 25 mins
• Total Time: 35 mins
• Calories: 137 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 Granny Smith apple, cored and chopped
• 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger root
• 1 orange, juiced
• 3 cups soy sauce
• 4 tablespoons white sugar, divided
• 6 ounces chopped fresh pineapple with skin
• 1.5 cups mirin (Japanese sweet wine)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

In a saucepan, combine soy sauce, mirin, orange juice, pineapple, Granny Smith apple, garlic, ginger, and half of the sugar; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 20 minutes. Adjust sweetness to taste with remaining sugar. Strain through a fine mesh sieve; cool.