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Everyone needs a fabulous Teriyaki Marinade recipe in their cooking life. I don’t always like to use the words “The BEST’ when it comes to a recipe because that gets boring when you see it over and over and over from every food blogger out there, but there are about ten times on this website that I have.
When I do, let me assure you, the recipe is always the best that I have ever tasted! With that said, this actually is THE BEST Teriyaki Marinade Recipe!
This all came about thanks to my need for a copycat Red Robin’s Teriyaki Chicken Burger. I actually hadn’t tried the burger; I was just craving a chicken teriyaki burger and remembered seeing it on the menu one time.
Then I realized that I don’t actually have a tried-and-true teriyaki marinade recipe. Bear with me; my children are just venturing into the land of normal eating, so teriyaki marinade isn’t really something I worried about before.
Thanks to the burger, however, I now have an excellent teriyaki marinade that I will use time and time again!
Those are my chicken burgers marinading for the burgers, which by the way ARE AMAZING! I pounded them flat, marinated them, and Wowza! You could have eaten these plain without turning them into a burger. Holy Dinah, you guys, these babies were the best burgers I ate all summer. Even my son ate them ( the renowned chicken hater) and couldn’t stop telling me how awesome they were.
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Ingredients in Teriyaki Marinade
The ingredients for a good teriyaki marinade are simple:
- water
- soy sauce
- brown sugar
- chopped fresh garlic
- Worcestershire sauce
- onion powder
- powdered ginger
Tuck this teriyaki marinade into your back pocket, or better yet, pin it for later using the image below. This will be my go-to recipe for teriyaki marinade from now on!
Happy cooking!
Love,
Karlynn
The BEST Teriyaki Marinade
Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup of soy sauce
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh garlic
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon powdered ginger
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients together in a large sauce pan. Bring to a boil, and let boil for 3-4 minutes. Remove and cool. Marinate meat of choice in it for a few hours, then cook as you choose.
Nutrition
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Excellent recipe!
chelsea says
This recipe is so simple and the payoff makes it seem like I slaved over it for hours!!! Recipe took about 5 mins to chuck together (I didn’t have ginger, but I gambled and added a few dashes of cinnamon; couldn’t really taste it but it certainly didn’t harm it), brought to a boil as recipe instructed, and marinated chicken cubes in the fridge for ~5 hours. Grilled up the teriyaki chicken cubes with pineapple, red pepper, and onion, and ugh so insanely good. Will be going on our summer grill rotation.
Deirdre says
So Easy and So Good! I love simple but tasty and this recipe hit that mark!
Marlyn says
Teriyaki needs cloves – just a pinch but they make a big difference. Omit the onion powder – not necessary. Add a tbsp honey.
Craig says
Was hoping for delicious marinade. Unfortunately this
wasn’t it. It was OK. More like an inexpensive bottled marinade.
Cathy M says
Really excellent and kept unused portion in the fridge to reuse a couple of weeks later.
Cathy M says
Really excellent and kept unused portion in the fridge to reuse a couple of weeks later.
Naeobi says
So I may have forgotten the boiling step, and used the fresh ginger in the tube, but this was a huge success with a sheet pan of chunked country style pork ribs, pineapple, onions, mushrooms, ect. Thank you. This was extremely simple and not too heavy, which is my usual complaint with teriyaki.
Tina says
What is a cup in english terms im guessing cup is american size
Ggirl says
250ml
steve Ostrowski says
Didn’t care for the 5 minutes of scrolling and closing ads just to finally get to the recipe, which was disappointing. Fresh ingredients are always better.
Donald Canard says
You are an idiot. She doesn’t need criticism from an old, crumudgeon.
Janine Frogge says
8 ounces
Lance Love says
Great flavor, I even used regular table sugar instead of the brown sugar. The family keep saying how amazing the smell was!!! Very easy ingredients to use and find. Awesome job, Karlynn!
Judy says
Why would you add water to a marinade?
Seems counterproductive to putting flavor in food
Karlynn Johnston says
Volume, but you could add pineapple juice etc instead. It’s also why you bring it to a boil and cook it, otherwise you’d be using an entire bottle of soy sauce every time you marinated something. Water simply gives you a larger volume of marinade to work with. Also soy is sooooo powerful, it would overpower everything, you have to dilute it. Think of how strong flavoured jerky is, that’s a pure soy marinade. An entire chicken breast would be so gross.
Cameron says
While working in many restaurants we would store sauces in the fridge for up to 30 days however with a sauce such as this i would expect you could store it for a good bit longer
Livermore, CA says
To dilute the soy sauce…
Tamz says
Oh this is so good. Thank you for sharing
Aaron Bright says
Unbelievable! Even my mil ate the steak with this marinade. She doesn’t eat steak. I am going to use this again and substitute orange and pineapple juice for the water. I a was thinking about adding a dash of sesame oil and/ or mirin as well. Definitely use fresh ginger. I also vacuumed sealed the meat to marinate. It helps a lot.
Alicia says
The best Teriyaki I have ever tasted was–of all places–from a food truck in Hawaii that the locals call simply “a plate lunch”. The marinade they use (or used) was similar to this recipe except they insisted that not all soy sauces are created equal. They preferred Silver Swan brand (available in oriental stores), dark brown sugar, 50/50 orange & pineapple juice juice, a quick squeeze of lime and lemon juice, black pepper, grated ginger, smashed garlic, and a “few hours” for chicken. I don’t know how the magic happens, but the result is a layering of citrus, sweet, slightly salty, concoction of delight for the taste buds with just a hint of ginger & garlic. Of course the grilled over charred wood lends a smoky undertone as well.
mnoho says
Yes. Yes, it is excellent. I’ve been using teriyaki marinades since the 80’s, this is perfect for salmon.
Alyssa says
I love the sauce!! Use it all the time, but where did you buy the bottle to store the sauce??? I love it but can’t seem to find anything close to it.
Amie says
Same question ask Connie?
Connie says
Can this be made ahead and refrigerated or frozen until needed? If so, about how long do you think it could be stored?
Mark says
Substitute the water with pineapple juice. Fresh ground ginger works well also.
Jerry says
Definitely pineapple juice in place of water. I also used all ground spices, ginger, onion powder and garlic with 1 tbs of sesame oil. Will save this recipe. Delish
Judy says
AAAHHHH MAZING! This was so easy, I used some zested ginger instead and it was delicious!