While everyone is familiar with soy sauce and sesame oil, the same can't be said of another key ingredient in Japanese recipes: mirin, a Japanese rice wine. Ahead, we explain why you should make ...

and soy sauce. Rice inoculated with koji is added to non-cultured rice and a distilled rice spirit, then allowed to ferment ...

Wash some okra and rub it with salt. Boil some water on high heat. Then put in okra, lower the heat to low and let it simmer for about 20 minutes or until tender. Add some soy sauce, dashi powder, and ...

Mirin is a fundamental element of Japanese cuisine ... Add the seasonings and put the fish back in the pan. Bring the sauce to a boil to burn off the alcohol of the sake. 5.

Editor’s note: The theme of Gohan Lab is to help people make simple ... that incorporate sweet mirin sake. After we coat the Japanese amberjack with soy sauce, we'll dust it with "katakuriko ...

Contemplating a block of pork belly in front of him, he decided to make “kakuni,” a stew of cubed pork, in Italian style. Sweet mirin sake helps ... the wine to the sauce.