Teriyaki Stir Fry

Is anyone else frustrated with the lack of quality pre-made teriyaki sauce at the grocery store? Good, glad you agree. Now I've made my own teriyaki sauce before but, to no one's surprise, lost the recipe. So I hit the internet in search of a new recipe. In my mind, the key to good teriyaki sauce is thickness. The taste is really a personal preference, but watery teriyaki sauce is just frustrating. After scouring the entire internet for hours (5 minutes from 5-6, 3 minutes from 6-7....) I settled upon this one:

Restaurant Teriyaki Sauce

You're obviously thinking what I'm thinking, it says restaurant in it, it must be the best. None the less I felt the need to tweak it slightly. Rather then water I used pineapple juice, as the lost recipe included this and because I like pineapple (used 3/4 cup of pineapple as opposed to 1 cup water). Secondly, I didn't have cornstarch so I used flour instead (double the amount as per one of the comments). All in all it doesn't get much simpler then this recipe, and the taste, while not crave worthy, was far better then my local grocery options. What I really liked about it is that it is very thick, you can then water it down, without greatly impacting taste, to your desired consistency depending on what you are using it for. In this case I was going to use it in a simple stir fry over some noodles.

I'm picky when it comes to vegetables, this probably would have been great with some peppers and onions, but alas, no. I threw some tofu, broccoli, shredded carrot and water chestnuts in a pan with about 2-3 tablespoons of sauce and mixed it well over medium-high heat for a few minutes. After that I added the noodles and added another 2-3 table spoons of sauce, mixed it all up, put it in a bowl and here you have it:


















Not sure if this looks all that amazing, but the taste was very good, and very filling.