mirin
nounEtymology Borrowed from Japanese 味醂 (mirin).
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Usually A form of Japanese rice wine, less alcoholic than saké and used in cooking.
- Although naturally brewed mirin is made from only water, sweet brown rice, and rice koji, much of the mirin sold in natural food stores and Oriental markets is sweetened with sugar or corn syrup; read labels carefully.1989 November, Drew DeSilver, Jan Gahala, “What is that stuff?”, in Vegetarian Times, →ISSN, page 43:
- Teriyaki sauce, a mixture of mirin, sake, soy sauce, and sometimes sugar, may be brushed on meats, fish, or vegetables […]2017, James Peterson, Sauces: Classical and Contemporary Sauce Making, HarperCollins, →ISBN: