Definition of mirin
: a sweet Japanese cooking wine made from fermented rice
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Same goes for a pile of ruddy, funky, life-affirming lamb tartare showered in Parmesan and violet chive blossoms with sweet curls of Asian pear, a soy-mirin-sugar confit egg yolk lurking in its midst waiting to disperse its rich unctuousness.
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The hot broth that is based on soy and mirin but that strangely, magically tastes like French onion soup.
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Combine the soy sauce, honey, mirin, sesame oil, and Sriracha in a zip-close plastic bag.
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Each tongue is cooked for 10 hours after spending a day sealed in a deeply savory marinade of sake, mirin, sugar and savory aka miso.
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Marinate Wagyu beef tongues with misoyaki marinade of sake, sugar, mirin and aka miso.
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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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Origin and Etymology of mirin
Japanese
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