Homemade Teriyaki Sauce

We went out for sushi over Thanksgiving Break with LaVon and Kelly. In addition to some DELICIOUS sushi, we had the tastiest bowl of chicken teriyaki chicken and rice. I've been craving it ever since. We have come up with our own version of this meal, and we think it's pretty close to the original! Bonus, it's easy and inexpensive to make. This is definitely going to become a regular at our house.

Ingredients:

• Rice, cooked
• Chicken, cooked and seasoned as desired
• Any vegetables you like in your rice bowl (we prefer to leave the vegetables out of the bowl but make edamame for the side - yum!!)
• 1 Batch of Homemade Teriyaki Sauce

Homemade Teriyaki Sauce

Ingredients: 

• 1/4 cup soy sauce 
• 1 cup water 
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder 
• 5 tablespoons packed brown sugar 
• 1 -2 tablespoon honey 
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch 
• 1/4 cup cold water 

Directions:

Mix all but cornstarch and 1/4 c cold water in a sauce pan and begin heating. Mix cornstarch and cold water in a cup and dissolve. (I like to add the cornstarch slowly while whisking.) Add the cornstarch mixture to the sauce in pan. Heat and stir until sauce thickens and darkens to desired consistency. Add water to thin if you want it thinner, but for me this is perfect! Just like that nice, sweet, thick Teriyaki sauce we had at the restaurant. YUM!