Quick and Easy Teriyaki Sauce

Okay so yesterday I was craving this particular kind of chicken stir-fry I'd made while studying abroad, and the main ingredient was teriyaki sauce. Unfortunately, none of the shops around here (you know, regular grocery stores) have even heard of teriyaki sauce. The shopkeepers insisted that I meant to ask for soy sauce/soya sauce, and was simply confused.  

So I caved and bought some soy sauce, and decided to make my own teriyaki sauce at home! Now traditionally it's made with either mirin or sake, but after the teriyaki sauce-finding debacle I was quite certain that neither of these ingredients were an option.  

This particular recipe has super-convenient ingredients and makes a wonderful sauce which can be used for stir-fry or barbecue.

Now I realise I used a dark saucepan for a dark sauce and so the photo is really dark, but just trust me on this. 

Go and get: 

1/4 cup soy sauce (AKA soya sauce)
1 cup water
1 tsp freshly grated ginger
1/2 tsp minced garlic
5 tsp brown sugar
2 tbsp honey

NOTE: Do not add any salt, as soy sauce is extremely salty.

For thickening the sauce 

2 tsp cornflour
1/2 cup cold water

Method:

Mix the cornflour and cold water until fully dissolved, keep aside.

Add the remaining ingredients in a saucepan and bring to boil, stirring frequently. Make sure the honey doesn't stick to the bottom. 

When the liquid comes to a boil, lower the heat and add the cornflour mixture, stirring constantly. You should see an instant change as the sauce starts getting thicker. If it gets too thick, add some plain water.  

Turn off the heat after a minute and let the sauce cool down. At this point you can taste and see if the sauce is to your tastes. Increase the sugar if necessary. 

And done! This was my first time making the sauce and it came out pretty well, so I'm ecstatic! :)