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Experience the Richness of Hon Mirin in Every Dish
Hon Mirin is not just an ingredient; it is a part of Japanese culinary tradition, widely used in teriyaki and other dishes. Our Hon Mirin adds a sweet, complex flavor and a perfect glossy finish to your meals.
Hon Mirin is a traditional Japanese cooking seasoning made meticulously from glutinous rice, koji rice, and refined alcohol. This combination is fermented for several months to create a seasoning rich in umami, making it an essential ingredient in many Japanese recipes because it helps dishes become infused with umami flavor.
Why Should Chefs Use Hon Mirin?
Professional chefs value Hon Mirin for its ability to balance sweet and savory flavors with its inherent sweetness, highlighting the natural color of the ingredients and adding a glossy finish to dishes.
What is Hon Mirin?
Manufacturing Process
Using the shikomi technique, glutinous rice and food-grade alcohol are combined with koji (made from rice) to create moromi (the fermentation mixture), which is kept in large stainless steel tanks. After a long period of fermentation, this mixture is pressed and filtered to obtain Mirin.
Production Flowchart
Packaging Specifications
| Alcohol content: | 14% vol. |
| Packaging specifications: | 880 ml | 1.8L | 18L |
| Shelf life: | 12 months from the date of manufacture |
Usage
① Increase sweetness
With its components containing kinds of sugar, Hon-Mirin is used to create the natural fragrant sweet taste for food.
② More attractive color
Hon-Mirin contains a variety of sugars, which enhance the color of foods when cooked over an open fire. Grilled foods will be perfectly browned.
③ Remove odor
The unpleasant odors such as the fishy odor will be reduced while the alcohol evaporates away.
④ More fragrant
Thanks to the impact of sugars and amino acids, it helps food retain the essence and characteristic fragrance.
⑤ Prevent food being crushed when cooking
The ingredients including sugar and alcohol in Hon-Mirin help materials not being crushed when cooking.
⑥ More flavor
Food becomes more tasty with spices by alcohol concentration in Hon-Mirin.
Hon Mirin Comparison
Hon Mirin and Mirin Fu are both popular seasonings in Japanese cuisine, but they have different characteristics.
Hon Mirin with Mirin Fu
Hon Mirin
ALCOHOL
14%
production
Natural brewing
Pros
Bring special meals with many unexpected benefits
Mirin Fu
ALCOHOL
Under 1%
production
Mixing from spices & sugar
Pros
Mirin fu does not contain alcohol, it should not be the perfect spice
Hon Mirin with Ryorishu
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① More fragrant
② Remove unpleasant odor of materials
③ More spice seasoning
④ Soften materials
⑤ Preserve food longer
⑥ Taste better
⑦ More attractive color
⑧ Prevent food being crushed when cooking
⑨ Increase sweetness
Hon Mirin
Ryorishu