4 Ingredient Stir Fry Sauce

Looking for a simple and delicious 4-ingredient stir fry sauce that will elevate your stir fry recipes? Give a try to this recipe! All you will need is cornstarch, teriyaki sauce, vegetable broth, and garlic cloves, you’ll have a delicious and flavorful sauce in no time.

This 4-ingredients sauce is perfect for stir-frying your favorite meats, vegetables, and rice. The combination between these ingredients creates a savory and flavorful base, while the corn starch helps to thicken the sauce and add body.

This sauce is incredibly versatile and can be used with a variety of ingredients, including chicken, beef, tofu, vegetables, and more.

Simply stir-fry your ingredients in a hot pan, add the sauce, and let it cook until thick and glossy.

The result is a delicious stir fry that is packed with flavor and sure to satisfy your taste buds.

I love making this sauce because it is versatile, easy to make and it requires only 4 ingredients.

You don’t need to spend whole hours in your kitchen or search for exotic ingredients.

So, whether you’re in the mood for a quick weeknight dinner or a healthy lunch, give a try to this simple buy delicious and versatile 4-ingredients stir fry sauce.

🥰 Why You Will Love This Recipe?

• It is an easy and quick recipe that requires only 4 ingredients and it will be ready in no time.
• Even if you will use only those 4 ingredients, the combination of these ingredients will get you a flavorful basic stir-fry sauce.
• It is a versatile sauce that lets you add, replace or experiment with different ingredients.

If you are making stir fry recipes often and you’re looking for a quick and easy sauce for them that is packed with flavor, give a try to this one to see how it cat elevate your stir fry game.

🥘 Ingredients and Substitutes

• Broth. I used vegetable broth, but you could easily replace the vegetable broth with meat broth or just with water if you don’t have broth under your hand. It is important to use a broth with a low salt content because the teriyaki sauce is already salty and you could get a too-salty sauce at the end.
• Teriyaki Sauce. If you don’t have the teriyaki sauce at hand, you could replace it with soy sauce, but in this case, I advise you to add a little ginger. Again, be careful not to choose a soy sauce that is too salty.
• Garlic. I used fresh garlic, but if you don’t prefer the strong taste of fresh garlic or don’t have it at hand, you could replace the fresh garlic with granulated dried garlic. Or if you would like to substitute the garlic, you could replace it with ginger. It will still give an Asian flavor to the sauce.
• Starch. I used cornstarch, but you could also replace it with other types of starch. Do not replace it with flour because you will get a different kind of consistency.

👩‍🍳 Step-by-step Directions

Take a small saucepan and pour the broth into it. After this, grate the garlic over it.

Quick Note: At this stage, there is no need to start the heat yet.

Pro Tip: If the texture of the garlic bothers you, you could crush it and add it whole-crushed, so in the end, you can remove it from the sauce.

This way you will get the aroma of the garlic, without the disturbing texture of the garlic.

After adding the garlic, add the teriyaki sauce.

In the end, add the starch and mix all the ingredients well.

Now put the saucepan on low heat and stir continuously until the sauce starts to boil.

When the first boiling bubbles appear, taste the sauce and make sure you don’t feel the texture of raw starch.

If everything is ok, stop the heat.

If you still feel the taste of raw starch, let the sauce to cook for a few more minutes.

The sauce is ready to be used in with your favorite stir-fry mix.

🏆 Expert Tips. What to Pay Attention To?

• Taste the sauce at the end, to make sure that you don’t feel the starch taste. If needed, let the sauce cook for a few more minutes.
• If the garlic texture bothers you, you could add a clove of whole crushed garlic to give to the sauce only the garlic taste. In the end, remove the garlic from the sauce.
• Be careful to pick a broth with a low salt content because the teriyaki sauce is already salty and you risk getting a sauce that is too salty.

♻️ Make Ahead, Storage, and Heating:

📋 Recipe Card: