@shantytownbrown asked on Twitter: “When cooking Asian dishes, I often see sherry as an ingredient. Is that meant as a substitute for mirin?”
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Shaoxing wine can be found in just about any Walmart store.
You’re showing aji-mirin which isn’t the same as “true” (or hon) mirin both of which are different from sake based mirin.
I use rose wine.
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Can I use Mirin in chienese dishes such as orange chicken?
Shaoxing does a great job removing gamey taste in meat.
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Can I use Shaoxing wine instead of Shaoxing cooking wine?
I have all of these and a lot more. I love the smell Shaoxing Wine, it smells quite a bit different than sherry and nothing like Mirin. I started using it less than a year ago, too bad because it's great in all sorts of dishes.
F*** you this video is a waste of time you said absolutely nothing about cooking with mirin!
What is a good substitute for Shaoxing Wine. I can’t find dry sherry either
This question has nothing to do with this topic but I didn't know where to ask. What is a substitute for pumpkin pie spice. I dislike the pumpkin taste immensely. I'm making pan-seared pork chops and spiced apples (recipe I found in a library cookbook, name long lost). Any thoughts would be appreciated.
I don't like the taste of sherry in my recipes; thus, I wanted to find a substitute. Thank you Yoshi Kawai for your tip on mirin. I've seen aji-mirin at the store. Will be on the lookout for Hon-mirin.
So pleasant… 🙂
Great help, thank you.
Thanks! You're short video really helped 🙂 It is really hard to find Mirin but I finally found it. Now I can make my Chawanmushi!!!
You can buy Hon-Mirin in any Japanese or Asian grocery stores. In the West Coast, New York, and New Jersey, it is easily accessible while the East Coast especially in the Midwest and Southern States – this is pretty hard. Although using Sherry wine is common. Thank you and learned something new.
Wow, I never knew that they use Sherry in Chinese recipes as a substitute. I have Shaoxing wine at home but I always use Sherry when a recipe calls for it. Now I know better what I should use. Thanks a lot.
U mirin aesthetics?
Becareful
Aji-mirin is fake mirin. it is chemical made.
Hon-mirin is natural and better flavor if you can find in the US.
I don't know about the east cost area, but in the west coast, one can buy a bottle of Shaoxing easily from just about any Asian Supermarket
Great.