If you love teriyaki sauce, then this sweet and sticky Asian-inspired glaze is a combination of sweet honey, savory soy sauce, and fragrant ginger and garlicky flavors that go well with so many different types of dishes.
How to make soy glaze
To make this glaze, all you need is a saucepan and a stove. What to remember about this soy glaze is that it’s a reduction; This means that you want to cook down the ingredients until you reduce the original amount of liquid by half the amount.
For this recipe, I stop cooking at about 8 minutes even if the sauce seems a little thinner than I would like. It’s important to remember that glazes and reductions always thicken more after they rest on the counter to cool. After resting for about 5 minutes, it turns into a thick, sweet, and tangy sauce.
If you continue to cook down the soy glaze until it becomes super thick, you will end up with a super salty or sickly sweet sauce that will harden too much after it cools down. If this happens to you, you can always add a little water to thin out the sauce.
Ingredients in this Asian soy glaze
Soy sauce is a common ingredient in many Asian cuisines and it’s been used in Asia for over 2,500 years. Soy sauce gives this glaze a salty and savory flavor, but you need other ingredients to sweeten and thicken the sauce like honey and dark brown sugar.
You also need these sweeteners to help thicken soy sauce into a syrupy texture. If you don’t have soy sauce, you can also try using tamari.
Other ingredients I like to add to amp up the flavor are garlic (duh), ginger, sesame oil, and apple cider vinegar. All these flavors combined help give the sauce a more complex flavor instead of just being super sweet and super salty.
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What is Kikkoman sweet soy glaze?
Kikkoman® Sweet Soy Glaze makes a great addition to vegetables, finger foods and salad dressings too. Kikkoman® Sweet Soy Glaze combines the rich, well-known taste of Kikkoman® Traditionally Brewed Soy Sauce with sweet rice wine. And, our sauce is pasteurized and packaged in the USA to ensure quality.
How do you make soy sauce glaze?
The glaze is easy to make, so you can have it ready in time for dinner. Serve over your dinner or lunch for an extra flavorful meal. In a small saucepan, heat the sesame oil over medium heat. Add the soy sauce and stir well to combine. Sprinkle in the wheat and continue stirring until the mixture thickens slightly.
Can you make a sweet soy glaze without soy sauce?
Soy sauce: You can’t have a sweet soy glaze without some soy sauce! It forms the savory base of the sauce and is an essential ingredient. If you can find Japanese soy sauce, you can use it here but if not, regular soy sauce will work as well.
What to serve with sweet soy glaze?
A drizzle of sweet soy glaze over roasted or stir-fried vegetables adds a delicious depth of flavor that takes the dish from ordinary to extraordinary. I recommend pairing sweet soy-glazed dishes with something light and simple, like steamed rice or a refreshing cucumber salad, when choosing side dishes.