Definition of mirin
: a sweet Japanese cooking wine made from fermented rice
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Make sauce: In a large saucepan, combine soy sauce, water, kombu, onions, mirin and mushrooms.
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Add soy sauce, vinegar, and mirin and whisk to combine.
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Add ½ cup mirin, ⅓ cup sambal, and ¼ cup soy sauce and bring to a simmer.
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Crouch said he's known for cooking outside of the box, and his fish dishes — served with a black garlic mirin emulsion and fresh seaweed — will stay on brand.
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For a tasty salmon marinade, mix miso with ingredients like mirin, vinegar, soy sauce and sesame oil.
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Spam, a nod to the Hawaiian version of omusubi, is slapped over tamago, omelet laced with sugar and mirin: the classic death match — and love match — of salty and sweet.
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The sauce starts with Japanese curry powder that's enriched with leftover pork juices from sister restaurant Johnny Noodle King and blended with sake, mirin, tamari and fresh Granny Smith apples.
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Make the braising liquid: In a saucepan, combine the juice, sake, mirin, sugar, soy sauce, about 20 grinds of pepper, both forms of garlic, sesame oil, and 11/2 cups of water.
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Origin and Etymology of mirin
Japanese
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