Korean cooking wine

Mirim 미림

Mirin is a Korean cooking wine, used to enhance a dish and give it a bit of concentrated sweetness, or to remove undesirable odors from fish and meat and make them even more delicious. It can also be used in marinades as a tenderizer.

Recipes that use cooking wine (mirim):

Posted on Friday, November 15th, 2013 at 9:53 am. Last updated on December 3, 2017.
Tagged: 미림, Korean cooking ingredient, Korean cooking wine, korean food, Korean kitchen, mirim, mirin

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Is it OK to replace cheongju with mirin in a pork recipe? I have mirin, but not cheongju.

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English name: Korean cooking wine
Other English name(s): "mirin" (Japanese), cooking wine
Classified under: Seasonings & Condiments

Korean name: 미림
Romanized: Mirim

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Korean cooking wine

Mirim 미림

Recipes that use cooking wine (mirim):

Braised beef short ribs

Spicy stir-fried chicken with vegetables

Fermented pollock roe

Braised pig's trotters

Doenjang pork skewers

Spicy fish stew

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Video: Let's go shopping with Maangchi in a Korean grocery store!

Where do you buy your Korean cooking ingredients?

Korean cooking wine

Mirim 미림

Recipes that use cooking wine (mirim):

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