Low Sodium Teriyaki Sauce Recipe

Name: Low Sodium Teriyaki Sauce
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 1 cup pineapple juice; 1 cup no-salt-added beef broth; 1/3 cup red wine vinegar; 1 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce; 1 tablespoon low sodium Worcestershire sauce; 1 tablespoon brown sugar; 2 cloves garlic (minced); 1 teaspoon paprika; 1 inch ginger (freshly grated); 1/4 teaspoon chili flakes; 1 tablespoon corn starch; 1 tablespoon cold water

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ByKelly Jensen First Published: June 18, 2023June 30, 2024 Last Modified:June 30, 2024

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This low sodium teriyaki sauce recipe is bright, sweet, and fantastic over rice, vegetables, or chicken! Made with a few simple pantry staple ingredients, and ready in 10 minutes.

This sauce gets it’s classic sweetness from pineapple juice, and the dark color from no-salt-added beef broth, red wine vinegar, low sodium soy sauce, and Worcestershire sauce. It’s fantastic tossed with your favorite protein and is an easy weeknight sauce for your entrees.

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Let’s get saucy, with this fantastic homemade low sodium teriyaki sauce. It’s a little sweet, a little savory, and has great flavor! This easy homemade teriyaki sauce recipe couldn’t be easier to make: add all ingredients to a sauce pan, stir, and it’s ready in 10 minutes.

I love anything coated in teriyaki sauce, but store-bought teriyaki sauce cab be loaded with preservatives. This super simple sauce recipe get’s it’s sweetness from pineapple juice and complex flavor from garlic, ginger, and red wine vinegar. A pantry staple sauce that takes just minutes to whip up.

This Low Sodium Teriyaki Sauce Recipe Is:

Thick
Sweet
Delicious
Easy
Flavorful
Made with Natural Ingredients
Great for Stir Fry
Versatile – use an a dipping sauce, marinade, or for Teriyaki chicken!

Ingredients You’ll Need

See the recipe card below for a full list of instructions and ingredient amounts!

Pineapple Juice, I used the juice from a can of pineapple that I drained.
No Salt/Sodium Free Beef Broth – I use zero sodium beef broth for this recipe, which adds savory flavor to the sauce.
Brown Sugar: I like to use a dark brown sugar for this sauce because I find it has a really nice flavor.
Red Wine Vinegar – for a nice tangy flavor and dark color, you could also use rice vinegar or even apple cider vinegar too.
Red Chili Flakes: for a little heat!
Fresh Garlic
Fresh Ginger: I love adding fresh or ground ginger
Low Sodium Soy Sauce or Liquid Aminos – Liquid or coconut aminos have a fraction of the sodium, but still a ton of the great flavor of soy sauce. It gives a great umami flavor to this dish, and are great low sodium soy sauce substitutes.
Corn Starch: the secret to thicken the sauce at the end, it really makes a difference adding it to cold water.

Low Sodium Soy Sauce Alternatives

Skip the high salt content of traditional soy sauce, and use some great lower sodium alternatives instead. Most of these can be found in your local grocery stores, but I added some links to buy as well.

Liquid Aminos – we like using Bragg’s liquid aminos in place of soy sauce. It contains 310 mg sodium per 1 teaspoon serving.
Low Sodium Lite Tamari – tamari is a gluten-free soy sauce, and I like this brand which contains 470 mg of sodium per tablespoon (1 tablespoon = 3 teaspoons).
Coconut Aminos – similar to soy sauce, but I find it to be a little sweet, which would be a great option for a sweeter sauce. These coconut aminos have 136mg per teaspoon.

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How To Make This Recipe

In a sauce pan, add the pineapple juice, unsalted beef broth, red wine vinegar, low sodium soy sauce (or coconut aminos), low sodium Worcestershire sauce, and brown sugar, and whisk together over low heat.
Add the garlic, paprika, ginger, chili flakes and bring to a boil. Once boiling, reduce heat to a low. In a separate bowl, combine cornstarch and cold water until corn starch dissolves. Pour the corn starch into the pineapple juice mixture and mix well to combine.
Allow sauce to cook over low heat for 5 minutes until thickened. Toss with steamed vegetables, jasmine rice, proteins, or tofu. Or use as a marinade for chicken breasts. Enjoy!

Ways to Use This Teriyaki Sauce

I love drizzling this sauce over stir fried vegetables, and eating it with white rice. You can marinate chicken with it, then bake or pan fry the chicken to make tasty low sodium chicken lettuce wraps.

Or add a little honey to the sauce, and coat pork or beef for a quick stir fry. Or serve with pork chops and some low sodium rice.

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Kelly Jensen

Kelly is a food blogger, recipe developer, and loves to make easy, flavorful, low sodium recipes without added salt!