I am never good at cooking. My cooking is either too bland or too salty, it is highly rare that I managed to get the food in the middle and tasting correct.

So I asked a friend who is quite a good cook and she told me that I should get some sauce to help enhance the flavours. She recommended me to get Teriyaki Sauce because it can go with almost anything.

And so I headed down to the nearest supermarket and got myself the Hinode Teriyaki Sauce, it’s not very cheap, costing about SG$4, but it’s definitely worth it.

First of all, the sauce is very aromatic by itself. It does smells and taste a little like the normal Soya sauce but it is much more fragrance and have an after taste that I couldn’t describe, that makes it different.

I use this sauce for almost everything. I use it with fish and to marinate meat and I see the great difference in taste. It was like my cooking suddenly improved and my family was shocked by its effect. It feels so good to see my family enjoying my cooking.

So here, I’ll include my little “recipes” of what dishes I use the sauce with. But I must say, my way of cooking is more Asian and simple (lazy) style. So if you’re looking for something sophisticated or western then these won’t work for you.

Anyway, I’ll start with the fish.

You’ll need:
- Some garlic (you can add more or less, it’s up to you)
- Some ginger

Dice them all up and add the Teriyaki Sauce to it and mix them up in a bowl. I usually leave them aside while I do my other preparations.

And then you just pour them over your fish. If you don’t mind the trouble, you can apply some corn or tapioca flour and some oil to the fish before pouring the mixture. This is optional as it’s just to let the fish have a smoother texture. Also, you can choose to garnish with ginger, spring onion and tomato slices if you want.

And then you just steam the fish. This mixture can work with fry fish too, in fact it taste better with fry fish. You just pour the mixture over the fried fish (you can use Air Fryer if you’re lazy) and it is done! It taste really good, I promise. My family loves it!

Now let’s get to the meat. It’s even easier for the meat.

You’ll need:
- Some corn or tapioca flour
- Sesame oil

Actually this can work with just the sauce too but adding the ingredients mentioned above, will give the meat a smoother and softer texture.

So basically, you just marinate the meat (I used pork here but it will work with chicken and beef too) and leave it aside for about 1 hour. (30 minutes will do too)

And then you just fry the marinated meat.
There, the end product! I know it looks kind of plain but it taste nice and that is all I care. But if you don’t mind (which I do because I am lazy), you can cut some onions and dice some garlic to fry together with the meat.

See, we just made 2 dishes very quickly. Now you just have to fry or boil some veggie (if you’re into healthy and balanced diet) and cook some rice (which I delegate to my rice cooker).

I really like the Hinode Teriyaki Sauce a lot because it makes my cooking much tastier than before! It’s very easy to use and can work with almost everything! It’s a savior for lazy and not-so-gifted cookers like me.