If we’re looking for a quick and easy dinner that’s super satisfying, it’s got to be teriyaki beef.
This is the best Japanese comfort food! This recipe is a take on the delicious Japanese beef bowl known as gyudon, but with more sauce for added convenience. Super tender, thinly sliced beef with onions in a sweet and spicy teriyaki sauce over rice that is a heavenly combination. And it only takes 15 minutes to make!
What is teriyaki beef?
Teriyaki beef is thinly sliced beef (or sometimes whole fillets) with a teriyaki sauce made with soy sauce, sake, mirin, and a little sugar. Teriyaki beef is shiny and shiny, which is why it is called teriyaki, teri meaning glazed, and yaki meaning grilled/cooked.
How to make teriyaki beef
- Combine the sauce ingredients. Whisk the soy sauce, sake, mirin, sugar, a little water, and cornstarch into a slurry in a mixing bowl or liquid measuring cup.
- Cook the onions. Add a little oil to a skillet and sauté the onions, stirring, until soft but not brown.
- Cook the beef. Add the meat to the onions. It is not necessary to grab it, it should be soft and tender.
- Boil over low heat. Add the sauce to the pan and simmer until glossy and thick.
- Serve. Serve the teriyaki beef over rice and garnish with toasted sesame seeds. Enjoy!
Teriyaki beef ingredients
For the teriyaki sauce you will need: soy sauce, sake, mirin and sugar. Sake, mirin and soy are three essential ingredients in Japanese cuisine.
- soy sauce – I’m pretty sure you have a bottle of soy sauce in your pantry. It adds umami, a glorious brown glow, and it’s delicious. If you can, try using Japanese soy sauce for this dish.
- Benefit – Sake is Japanese rice wine. Adds umami and natural sweetness. Just as wine in French cooking adds an extra layer of aroma and flavor, sake is common in Japanese cooking: it’s found in almost every sauce. They sell cooking sake in Asian grocery stores, or if you’re feeling full you can use whatever good sake you have to drink. Buy a bottle and you won’t regret it, it will take your Japanese cuisine to another level.
- mirin – Mirin is Japanese sweet rice wine and the other key ingredient in Japanese cuisine. Compared to sake, it has a lower alcohol content and a higher sugar content that occurs naturally from fermentation. It is used as a seasoning and glazing agent. They sell mirin in the Asian aisle and in Asian grocery stores.
What is teriyaki?
Teriyaki is a cooking technique used in Japanese cuisine: food is brushed with a sake glaze, marinated, soy sauce, and sugar, and then grilled or grilled. Teriyaki means glazed and roasted: teri means shiny/glazed and yaki means roasted. In Japan, traditional teriyaki isn’t as flavorful as we know it to be in North America: it’s either protein or lightly glazed vegetables.
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teriyaki sauce
Teriyaki sauce is a simple Japanese sauce made with only 4 ingredients: sake, mirin, soybeans, and sugar. Traditionally, it’s on the thinner side, but still thick enough to glaze. Classic teriyaki sauce thickens naturally as the sugars caramelize. Teriyaki sauce is incredibly easy to make at home and once you make it once, you’ll never have teriyaki sauce at the store again. You can use it with French fries, noodles, and teriyaki meat, of course.
Teriyaki Sauce Substitutes
If you’re looking to substitute ingredients for teriyaki sauce, I really can’t suggest anything that tastes the same. Since there are only four ingredients in the sauce, even substituting one of them won’t taste like teriyaki. If you had to leave out one ingredient, I would leave out the sake. Japanese soy sauce and mirine are available online.
What kind of meat for teriyaki beef?
I used a very thinly sliced short rib that we bought at our local Asian grocery store. They sell various cuts of beef, all thinly sliced for hot pot, shabu shabu, and things like teriyaki beef or beef bowls. I love thinly sliced meat over rice, the thin slices cook quickly and are incredibly tender. If you have an Asian food store near you, do not hesitate to check the frozen section, you will find minced beef shavings, perfect for this recipe.
If you don’t have an Asian grocery store nearby, you also carve up a steak against the grain. Flank or sirloin steak works – any tender cut of beef is great.
What to serve with teriyaki beef
I like the simplest fluffy white rice with a sprinkle of toasted sesame seeds on top. We will have salad with Japanese dressing or a simple green vegetable on the side.
boeuf teriyaki
Super tender, thinly sliced beef with onion in a sweet and spicy teriyaki sauce that only takes 15 minutes to prepare!
Serve 2
- 2 soup soy sauce favorite japanese
- 2 soup they are dead
- 2 soup benefit
- 1 soup sucre
- 1 coffee spoon cornstarch
- 1 soup neutral oil
- 1 little onion sliced
- 1 kg beef choppedpreferably short ribs
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In a liquid-measuring bowl or cup, mix the soy sauce, mirin, sake, sugar, and 2 tablespoons of water. Add the cornstarch and reserve.
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In a large nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring, until soft but not brown.
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Add the thinly sliced beef to the skillet and cook until done. Pour the sauce into the pan and bring to a simmer, bring to a boil, thicken and reduce.
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When the teriyaki sauce is glossy and coats the meat, remove from heat and serve over fluffy white rice. Garnish with toasted sesame seeds and sliced green onions. Enjoy!
nutritional intakes
boeuf teriyaki
Amount per proportion
calories 573
Calories from fat 189
% Daily value*
Fat 21g32%
Saturated Fatty Acids 6.2g39%
Cholesterol 203 milligrams68%
Sodium 1183mg51%
Potassium 999 milligrams29%
The carbohydrates 18.7g6%
Fiber 0.9g4%
Sugar 11.8g13%
Protein 70.2g140%
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
