Know this before you buy mirin - essential ingredient for Japanese cooking!

Cooking Sake vs Mirin. There is a difference.

Better pork belly recipe: (Red Braised Pork Belly) Ingredients: * 1 piece of pork belly * Cooking wine * Mirin (or substitute with sugar) * Half an onion, sliced into rings * 2 slices of ginger * 2 bay leaves * 2 tablespoons soy sauce * Salt (to taste) * Honey (to taste) Instructions: * Cut the pork belly into slices about 1/2 inch thick. * Add the pork belly slices into a hot pan and sear until both sides are golden brown. * Add a splash of cooking wine and mirin (or sugar) to the pan and let i

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