It seemed like I was staring at a package of chicken at least once a week wondering, “What do I make with this?” There are a handful of chicken dishes that I always keep on rotation, but when I get tired of pesto, Parm, or barbecue sauce, I can always rely on Trader Joe’s Soyaki. The teriyaki-inspired find is so good that it quickly became the only store-bought sauce I use to marinate chicken.

Price: $3.99 for a 21-ounce bottle

Why I Love It: The teriyaki sauce is made of the same simple ingredients as my favorite from scratch recipe. I love the sweet-meets-umami flavor that it adds to chicken, salmon, and other proteins.

I’ve always been a fan of teriyaki sauce, but had to make it from scratch after Trader Joe’s stopped stocking the Soy Vay brand and it was pricier to buy it at big-box supermarkets. So when I noticed that TJ’s came out with a private-label sauce that was cheaper and made from essentially the same mix of ingredients found in my homemade recipe, I immediately added it to my cart — along with a pound of raw chicken.

The way it transformed those chicken breasts into something far more moist and flavorful immediately hooked me  — and I have been ever since. The ingredients, which include soy sauce, cane sugar, garlic, and ginger, give it an irresistible sweet-meets-umami flavor profile, and sesame seed oil and whole sesame seeds add a nutty taste and a ton of crunch. While it’s a little thinner than traditional teriyaki sauces, it thickens up to a rich and silky texture when used as a basting liquid, which I often do.