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teriyaki

noun/ˌtɛ.ɹɪˈjɑː.ki/

What It Means

A cooking technique used in Japanese cuisine in which foods are broiled or grilled in a sweet soy sauce marinade.

A sweet soy sauce marinade.

Put some teriyaki on it.

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Teriyaki in Context

“Teriyaki sauce, a mixture of mirin, sake, soy sauce, and sometimes sugar, may be brushed on meats, fish, or vegetables […]”

— 2017, James Peterson, Sauces: Classical and Contemporary Sauce Making, HarperCollins

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Did You Know?

Borrowed from Japanese 照(て)り焼(や)き (teriyaki).

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