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The BEST Vegan Teriyaki Sauce (Soy Free!)

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Learn how to make the most delicious Best Vegan Gluten-Free Teriyaki Sauce totally oil-free and soy-free! Loaded with flavor and made with coconut aminos, fresh ginger and chives, it will become your go-to teriyaki sauce.

Sesame Teriyaki vegan sauce drizzling off spoon in jar

Meet my new best friend. Sauces can be best friends, can’t they? I originally fell in love with the Teriyaki sauce made by Coconut Secret. It is really delicious and the best list of clean ingredients I’ve seen in teriyaki sauce. But, like with anything, I love to recreate my own homemade sauces. They are fresher, cheaper and can be tailor-made. Well, I think I not only nailed the store-bought version, additionally, I made it oil-free. It’s also made with Coconut aminos, instead of soy sauce, so it’s totally soy-free, whoop!

This sauce is so delicious and so popular with readers that I included it in my cookbook! I have a Teriyaki Burger in the book too and it was featured on NBC News!

THE BEST INGREDIENTS FOR VEGAN TERIYAKI SAUCE

This isn’t your average tasting vegan teriyaki sauce. This teriyaki sauce has 8 delicious ingredients:

  • fresh ginger
  • fresh garlic
  • green chives
  • toasted sesame seeds
  • coconut aminos
  • maple syrup
  • brown rice flour
  • cayenne

Spoon holding vegan teriayki sauce with scattered sesame seeds

THIS TERIYAKI SAUCE WILL BECOME YOUR GO-TO

Eating this with a spoon is likely going to happen for you too, just warning you now. If you aren’t familiar with teriyaki sauce, basically it is a sweet and salty Japanese sauce that is much more sweet than say, a peanut sauce. It has a syrup consistency and really sticks to your food. I lived in Japan many, many years ago, but I don’t know if I ever had any while there. My version is naturally sweetened by using pure maple syrup, instead of refined sugars like brown or white sugar. Much better flavor too, in my opinion.

This vegan teriyaki sauce will go on just about anything your heart desires. In other words, you will want to add it on top of fluffy brown rice, peas and some carrots and drizzled some of this bad boy sauce on it, added extra chives and sesame seeds and it was like the best party in my mouth I’ve had all year. The recipe require just 8 ingredients (+ water).

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Vegan Teriyaki sauce with spoon and jar

The Best Vegan Teriyaki Sauce (Soy Free!)

Brandi Doming
Best Vegan Gluten-Free Teriyaki Sauce totally oil-free, gluten-free and soy-free! Loaded with flavor and made with coconut aminos, fresh ginger and chives, it will become your go-to teriyaki sauce.
5 from 42 votes
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Total Time 20 mins
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Asian, Gluten-free, Vegan
Yields 1 1/4 cups

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup (180g) coconut aminos (this is sweeter and less salty than soy sauce and important-SEE NOTES)
  • 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons (120g) pure maple syrup
  • 1/4 cup (60g) water
  • heaping 1/2 tablespoon finely minced ginger (8g)
  • 1 teaspoon (4g) minced garlic
  • 1 tablespoon (3g) finely chopped chives
  • 1/2 tablespoon (5g) toasted sesame seeds
  • 1/16 - 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons (15g) brown rice flour
  • I use this scale.

Instructions
 

  • Add all of the ingredients, except the rice flour, to a small pot and whisk together well. Now whisk in the brown rice flour until there are no lumps.
  • Turn the heat to medium and once the entire surface is bubbling, let it cook for about 5-7 minutes as it starts to reduce a bit. Whisk around the edges a couple of times while it cooks. Remove from the heat and leave to cool for 5 minutes. It should have a runny syrup consistency as it cools. If it's not a syrup consistency after a few minutes, cook just a couple more minutes. It should not be overly thick, but easily pourable, so it works well for dishes and drizzling. Traditional Japanese Teriyaki is not thick. Use over your favorite dish. I served it over some fluffy brown rice and peas and carrots, then topped with extra chives and sesame seeds. This would also be great over cauliflower wings as a great dipping sauce.
  • To serve this with peas and carrots, zucchini or broccoli, simply cook them in a pan over the stove in a little bit of water, pinch of salt and pepper, and garlic powder until tender. I cook my broccoli in a large wok separately to reach desired tenderness.

Notes

Make sure you are using strictly "coconut aminos". I like the coconut secret brand found at Sprouts, Whole foods, Target or online or the Big Tree Farms "Coco Aminos" is good, too. Make sure you are not using "liquid aminos" or regular soy sauce, or it will be WAY too salty.
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Keyword healthy teriyaki sauce recipe, homemade teriyaki sauce, teriyaki sauce soy free, vegan gluten free teriyaki sauce, vegan teriyaki sauce

Filed Under: Appetizers, Dips/Sauces, Gluten Free, Kid Friendly, Nut Free Tagged With: Chives, garlic, Ginger, Sauce, Sesame seeds, Teriyaki

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  1. Rhonda Joseph

    July 27, 2021 at 11:36 am

    5 stars
    Delicious,easy to make. My only problem it was to thick. I’ll try using less brown rice flour. Will definitely share and try again.

    Reply
    • brandi.doming@yahoo.com

      July 28, 2021 at 2:45 am

      If the heat is too high or cooked too long, it will thicken quicker, so just adjust that and it would help.

      Reply
  2. Donna

    October 19, 2021 at 4:51 pm

    Will you clarify something for me? If I use Coconut Secret am I using it straight out of the bottle or am I using it as an ingredient in your Teriyaki sauce?

    Reply
    • brandi.doming@yahoo.com

      October 19, 2021 at 10:44 pm

      If it’s the coconut aminos, it’s one of the ingredients!

      Reply
  3. Colleen

    October 24, 2021 at 10:04 pm

    Love the coconut aminos, can’t wait to make the sauce. I didn’t even know coconut aminos existed, thanks, now I do quick stir frys all the time now.
    By the way, love your hair!

    Reply
    • brandi.doming@yahoo.com

      October 25, 2021 at 9:15 am

      Wonderful! Aww thank you Colleen!

      Reply
  4. Dahianne

    December 11, 2021 at 3:21 am

    5 stars
    I love this recipe and so does my family. It’s delicious. Everything I make from your site doesn’t disappoint. Do you have a pad Thai recipe or planning on bringing in one to the site? Thanks!

    Reply
  5. Mandy

    December 21, 2021 at 12:57 am

    5 stars
    This is a fantastic recipe! My family liked it a lot. I didn’t have maple syrup so I had to sub with date syrup and it came out yummy. I did add a little more water-just a dash- and it was fine. I marinated some tofu with this and we had teriyaki un-fried rice. I will definitely be putting this on the permanent recipe rotation. Delish!

    Reply
  6. Adriana

    May 11, 2022 at 9:19 pm

    5 stars
    It is delicious!!
    How many days can it be refrigerated?

    Reply
    • brandi.doming@yahoo.com

      May 11, 2022 at 9:44 pm

      Thank you! I’d say about 2 weeks!

      Reply
  7. jeanne

    June 20, 2022 at 5:31 pm

    delicious but it came out too thick, what do you suggest I use to thin it out?

    Reply
    • brandi.doming@yahoo.com

      June 21, 2022 at 10:30 pm

      Just add water! It will come out too thick if cooked a tad too long.

      Reply
  8. Phoebe

    July 30, 2022 at 6:39 pm

    Do you think this would freeze well? Coconut aminos doesn’t seem to last long once it’s opened, so I thought about making a big batch and freezing in portions.

    Reply
  9. Donna

    October 26, 2022 at 4:59 pm

    Hi! I really want to make this today but the only ingredient I don’t have on hand are the chives. Is this a deal breaker or can I sub?

    Ty!

    Reply
    • brandi.doming@yahoo.com

      October 26, 2022 at 5:41 pm

      You can leave it out!

      Reply
      • Donna

        October 26, 2022 at 11:03 pm

        Too late! Lol. I went out just for this because I MUST try this tonight!! 😊😊😊😊

        Reply
  10. Donna

    October 28, 2022 at 2:10 am

    5 stars
    I made this tonight and it was incredible! Was super hot and spicy though, I used just under a 1/4 cayenne. I did use garlic powder instead of fresh because I was starving and got lazy and I think that made a difference. However this was hands down the best teriyaki sauce I’ve ever tasted! Ty for the recipe! 💚🌱

    Reply
  11. Barbara

    October 29, 2022 at 2:33 am

    Question, i do nothave rice flour. Subsitution?

    Reply
    • brandi.doming@yahoo.com

      October 29, 2022 at 6:31 pm

      You can do cornstarch, just do half the amount.

      Reply
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