Mirin is widely used as an ingredient in Japanese cooking; it can be found in soups including ramen and sukiyaki; as a marinade for meats and seafoods, thanks to its meat-tenderizing properties — and because it has a salty-sweet umami quality to it, mirin is also soy sauce's partner in making teriyaki sauce what it is.
If you're desperate for homemade teriyaki but aren't able to find any mirin, MasterClass says you can swap mirin out for a mix of sugar and soy; sugar and rice wine vinegar; sugar and sake; or dry sherry. But to leave out the mirin will leave you with an inferior teriyaki wannabe. Besides missing out on the umami, you may also find that the shimmer that mirin imparts to dishes will be missing.
But don't be surprised if you find your homemade teriyaki sauce sans mirin alone won't taste too different from the sauce you buy at your neighborhood supermarket. Live Japan says the kind of teriyaki sauce Americans are used to consuming has been developed for the American market, and contains a host of ingredients including ginger, garlic, and sugar — which are absent from its Japanese cousin.
This Ingredient Is A Must In Japanese Teriyaki Sauce - Tasting Table
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