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In respect to this, is rice vinegar the same as mirin?
A. Although it sometimes gets confused withricewine vinegar, mirin actually is a sweetricewine used in Japanese cooking. It doesn't just flavorfood. If youdon't have mirin, there are many commonsuggestions forsubstitutions. You can just use dry sherry or sweetmarsala, forinstance.
Also question is, what can you substitute mirin with?
When a recipe calls for mirin, the Japanesesweetrice wine, you need a combination of acidic andsweetflavors. Add between 1 and 2 tablespoons of sugar to 1/2 cupofwhite wine, vermouth, or dry sherry to replace 1/2 cupofmirin.
Mirin (sweet cooking rice wine) is a sweetandsyrupy liquid used as a seasoning and glazing agent. It is oneofthe most important condiments in Japanese cooking.