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

Instructions

1. 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. 2

   Strain through a fine mesh sieve; cool.