Reviewed: Jul. 17, 2008

I'm not a huge fan of asian food, but this sauce is AMAZING!!! It will definitely make it's way into my dinner rotation :D I used low sodium tamari sauce, but I found it a tad too salty still. I will look for a sauce w/ lower sodium & try this again very soon!

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Reviewed: Jul. 15, 2008

This was good! It was very salty though, so next time I will use low sodium soy sauce...it's a must. I had to add extra sugar to try to offset the salty taste. Great recipe though! Use fresh ingredients! I served it with chicken and brocolli over rice.

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jessica

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Reviewed: Jun. 23, 2008

Hands down the very best teriyaki sauce I have ever had, and that's saying a lot, coming from this 20+ year veteran chef! The only change I made was to add 2 tsp cornstarch dissolved in a small amount of cold water, added to the final simmer. This gave the sauce a little body and helped it cling to the meat. Marinated a top round steak in it for about 4 hours. Teriyaki lovers, take note. Be sure to bookmark this recipe, as it's absolutely phenomenal! Many thanks for posting it.

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Reviewed: Apr. 24, 2008

Delicious! I thickened it up with cornstarch and water like others did and it is fantastic as a marinade or dipping sauce for gyoza.

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Matthew

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Reviewed: Apr. 14, 2008

This is the best teriyaki sauce ever made! I substituted 2 teaspoons of hot chili oil instead of the black pepper and red pepper flakes and ended up with a the most flavorful, perfectly spicy sauce ever. The spice factor lessens while cooking so up to a tablespoon or more of the chili oil could be added. I can't imagine anyone would want to reduce this sauce as it is so flavorful, so to thicken it I add a cornstarch/water mixture while I am cooking with it. Wonderful proportions and very versitile; also good with a little onion. Better than any Chinese restaurant-that's for sure! Update: I recently took this sauce out of my fridge after sitting for about a month and let me tell you! It is even better - if that is at all possible!!!

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Reviewed: Feb. 5, 2008

Great sauce!! followed the recipe to the T. Thank you!!

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lorena

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Reviewed: Jan. 24, 2008

this sauce is better than the one freshly made at one of our favorite restaurants. do not pass it up! it's good with chicken.

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savannah

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Reviewed: Jan. 3, 2008

Excellent recipe! Only thing i would change is to use light/reduced sodium soy sauce instead because it came out a little on the salty side.

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M. Sweeney

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Reviewed: Dec. 17, 2007

Oh, for ten stars! Wonderful, wonderful recipe - never had teriyaki sauce this good! We followed the recipe exactly. We found the mirin and the rice vinegar in the natural foods section of our grocery store. DO use all the garlic and DO use fresh ginger! Thank you, Celeste! (I HAD to use that beautiful name! My daughter is Genevieve!)

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Home Town: Silver Bay, Minnesota, USA

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Reviewed: Sep. 16, 2007

How tasty! I was excited to see that this recipe was created by someone named Celeste! I have the same name, and it is rare to find someone else named Celeste. The sauce was perfect. I used it as a marinade and a sauce.

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Reviewed: Jul. 14, 2007

This is one of the best home-made teriyaki sauces I have had... they are very difficult to flavor properly without being too salty and this one, made with Low Sodium Soy Sauce and thickened with two tbsp. of corn starch mixed in a little water to form a paste is very close to restaurant teriyaki. Be careful though - too much garlic will qickly overpower this sauce. Another great addition is half an onion carmelized in the ginger and sugar, set to simmer in the Mirin. MMM!

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