This Teriyaki salad dressing is the perfect way to spice up your salad. It is a quick and easy salad dressing to make and it has a well-incorporated balance of sweet and sour. Plus, it is sugar-free too!
It integrates only a handful of ingredients, and what you get out of it is an incredible salad dressing sauce.
This salad dressing teriyaki is a quite versatile sauce and it is a wonderful way to amp up your Asian cuisine.
It can be used as a base to make curry recipes, act as a marination to chicken, poured over food as a dressing, or be enjoyed as a tangy dipping sauce.
I mean, the possibilities are limitless! And it is a sugar-free salad dressing.
So, Win-Win!
What is Teriyaki?
Teriyaki is originally a cooking technique used in Japanese cuisine where food is grilled with the coating of soy sauce, mirin, and sugar.
The term teriyaki comes from the combination of two words, ‘teri’ which means shiness from the sugar, and ‘yaki’ which means grilling or broiling.
What is Teriyaki Sauce?
Teriyaki sauce is a famous Japanese sauce that is used as a marinade, mainly for meats, and fish.
It generally consists of soy sauce, mirin (a sweet rice wine), sake (Japanese red wine), and sugar. These ingredients are mixed and simmered together to get a glossy, thick, and flavourful sauce.
Difference Between Japanese Teriyaki Sauce and This Terikayi Salad Dressing
The original Japanese Teriyaki sauce contains ingredients like sake and mirin which are alcoholic in nature. I decided not to add any alcohol content to this Teriyaki salad dressing recipe, because I generally don’t like to implement it in my food and this salad dressing is plenty flavorsome even without them.
Second, typically sugar is added to this sauce, but as it is a sugar-free recipe, I smeared it with honey. Honey is far more beneficial to health and it has an earthy hint of taste.
And finally, the Japanese Teriyaki sauce is traditionally used as a marinade to cook meat. Whereas, this Teriyaki dressing salad sauce is used as a flavor enhancer to salads.
Utensils You’ll Need
- Pan: To cook the sauce.
- Bowl: To mix the ingredients.
- Spoon: To saute and stir.
Ingredients in This Teriyaki Salad Dressing Recipe
Olive Oil: It acts as the base, and it also helps to thin out the sauce from soy sauce, honey, and vinegar. You can also choose sesame oil too.
Soy Sauce: It adds a salty and savory flavor to the sauce. Choose dark soy sauce which has a more robust taste, and is sugar-free.
Honey: As it is a sugar-free recipe, honey is used instead of sugar. It adds an earthy richness to the sauce. You can also choose maple syrup or molasses if you don’t have honey. These are some sugar alternatives you can choose from. As honey also contains sugar, try to look out for a sugar-free version.
Apple Cider Vinegar: It adds a subtle punch of fruitiness to the sauce. You can add rice vinegar in place of apple cider vinegar.
Garlic: Mince the garlic properly, then add them to the teriyaki salad dressing. It provides aromatic flavor and freshness to the sauce. Garlic powder can act as a substitution for mincing.
Water: Water also thins out the sauce, and it helps to provide the flavors of soy sauce, honey, and vinegar with some tranquility.
How to Make Teriyaki Salad Dressing
1. Add the oil, soy sauce, honey, vinegar, garlic, and water into a bowl. Mix them well.
2. Now pour them onto a skillet and give them a boil. Let them simmer for 2-3 minutes, and then turn off the gas.
3. Let it cool, and serve it at room temperature or directly from the fridge.
Tips & Variations
- You can add rice wine and sake for a more authentic Japanese sauce.
- Try to pick low-sodium and sugar-free soy sauce.
- Minced garlic can be easily substituted with garlic powder.
- You can use it for marination purposes too. Paneer (cottage cheese), meat and fish, anything that you can marinate it with.
- You can also add extra seasonings to the sauce like salt and pepper to amp up the flavor.
Serving Options
The most popular way of serving this teriyaki salad dressing is with teriyaki chicken salad.
But don’t limit yourself to the chicken only.
I like to drizzle some on the Maggi white sauce pasta and use it for marinating the paneer for paneer takatak.
It just adds wonders to their flavor.
You can use it as dipping sauce when eating some fish fingers or momos.
Remember to serve it at room temperature, or directly from the fridge.
How to Store
Cover it with an air-tight lid and store it in the refrigerator for a couple of days.
It can also be stored in the freeze for 2-3 months.
You’ll see the sauce has crystalized from the cold. Thaw it for half an hour, and then simmer it in a skillet for 2-3 minutes.
The teriyaki salad dressing sauce will be as good as new.
Why I Like This Teriyaki Salad Dressing
- It is so versatile and can be used in so many ways.
- Best for a diabetic person, as it is sugar-free.
- Doesn’t take much time to bring the sauce together.
- It has a sapid taste and pairs best with Asian cuisine.
Please rate and comment if you make this Teriyaki salad dressing so I know how much you like it.
Sugar-Free Teriyaki Salad Dressing
Equipment
- Pan
- Bowl
- Spoon
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp Olive oil
- 1 tbsp Soy sauce
- ½ tbsp Honey (sugar-free)
- 1 tbsp Apple cider vineger
- 2 cloves Garlic (minced)
- 2 tbsp Water
Instructions
- Add the oil, soy sauce, honey, vinegar, garlic, and water into a bowl. Mix them well.
- Now pour them onto a skillet and give them a boil. Let them simmer for 5 minutes, and then turn off the gas.
- Let it cool, and serve it at room temperature or directly from the fridge.
Notes
- You can add rice wine and sake for a more authentic Japanese sauce.
- Try to pick low-sodium and sugar-free soy sauce.
- Minced garlic can be easily substituted with garlic powder.
- You can use it for marination purposes too. Paneer (cottage cheese), meat and fish, anything that you can marinate it with.
- You can also add extra seasonings to the sauce like salt and pepper to amp up the flavor.
