Japanese Style Teriyaki Sauce

Ingredients

• 3 cups soy sauce
• 1.5 cups mirin (Japanese sweet wine)
• 1 orange, juiced
• 6 ounces chopped fresh pineapple with skin
• 1 Granny Smith apple, cored and chopped
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger root
• 4 tablespoons white sugar, divided

Steps

1. In a saucepan, combine soy sauce, mirin, orange juice, pineapple, Granny Smith apple, garlic, ginger, and half of the sugar; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 20 minutes. Adjust sweetness to taste with remaining sugar.
2. Strain through a fine mesh sieve; cool.