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Mirin recipes

Mirin is a sweetened sake or rice wine with a light syrupy texture, used in Japanese cooking. It gives a mild sweetness to sauces and dishes and is particularly good with grilled foods because the alcohol burns off during cooking, leaving just the sweet taste. If you can't find mirin, use sherry as an alternative.

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Miso salmon rice bowl

by Rachel Phipps
Main course

Teriyaki chicken rice bowl

by Rachel Phipps
Main course

Mushroom parfait

by Jack Croft and Will Murray
Light meals & snacks

Chicken teriyaki skewers

by Angela Hartnett
Starters & nibbles

Crispy baked chicken wings with Korean barbecue and buffalo sauce

by Loyle Carner
Starters & nibbles

Creamy egg and chicken rice bowls

by Ping Coombes
Main course

Warm salad of chargrilled pumpkin with spicy mushrooms and kale

by Marcus Wareing
Light meals & snacks

Teriyaki oyster mushrooms

by Elly Curshen
Side dishes

Pomegranate-roasted salmon with toffee dates and couscous

by Matt Tebbutt
Main course

Chirashi with miso salmon

by Kenji Morimoto
Main course

Lettuce wraps with miso pork

by Shuko Oda
Main course

Teriyaki sauce

by Philli Armitage-Mattin
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Spicy Sichuan hotpot

by Ching-He Huang
Main course

Korean style barbecue chicken

by Matt Tebbutt
Main course

Korean-style mapo tofu

by Jordan Bourke
Main course

Spiced pork belly parcels

by Ching-He Huang
Main course

Sticky chicken bites

Main course

Kale and spinach salad with soy-glazed tofu and lotus crisps

by Judy Joo
Main course

Japanese tofu, aubergine and lotus root stew

by The Hairy Bikers
Main course

Curry udon

by Shuko Oda
Main course

Beef sukiyaki

by The Hairy Bikers
Main course

Sticky aubergine banh mi

by Danny Barnett
Light meals & snacks

Yunnan-style grilled sea bass with twice-cooked pork

by Ching-He Huang
Main course

Miso-marinated beef skewers with grilled vegetables and soy beef broth

by Matt Tebbutt
Main course
See all recipes using mirin (80)
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