Centaur Mirin 500ml

Bring a delicious balance of sweetness and savoury depth to your cooking with Centaur Mirin 500ml, a versatile Japanese-style sweet rice cooking wine that's an essential ingredient in many Asian dishes. Known for its delicate sweetness and subtle acidity, mirin is traditionally used in Japanese cooking to balance salty flavours, add a glossy finish to sauces and bring out the natural flavours of other ingredients.

Centaur Mirin is particularly useful for making homemade teriyaki sauce, marinades, stir-fries and glazes. Its gentle sweetness works beautifully alongside soy sauce, miso, ginger and sesame oil, helping create rich, well-rounded flavours without overpowering the dish. It's also a useful addition to noodle dishes, dipping sauces and Japanese-inspired dressings.

At i4C, we love keeping a bottle of mirin in the kitchen for those moments when a sauce needs a little extra sweetness and balance. A splash can make all the difference to a homemade teriyaki glaze or a quick midweek stir-fry, and the handy 500ml bottle is ideal for experimenting with Japanese recipes.

Key Features:

• 500ml bottle.
• This Japanese-style cooking ingredient provides a delicate sweetness that complements savoury dishes.
• Mirin is traditionally used in Japanese cuisine to create balanced sauces, marinades and glazes.
• It works particularly well with Japanese pantry staples such as soy sauce, miso paste and rice vinegar.
• A small quantity can help soften the sharpness of salty or acidic ingredients in a recipe.

Recipe Inspiration:

• Homemade Teriyaki Chicken: Combine mirin with soy sauce, ginger and sugar to create a glossy glaze for pan-fried chicken.
• Miso Glazed Aubergine: Mix mirin with white miso paste and a little sesame oil before brushing over roasted aubergine.
• Japanese Salmon Rice Bowls: Marinate salmon in mirin, soy sauce and garlic before roasting and serving over steamed sushi rice.
• Sesame & Mirin Noodle Dressing: Whisk mirin with rice vinegar, soy sauce and toasted sesame oil for a light dressing to toss through chilled noodles.

What is the difference between mirin and rice vinegar?

Although both are commonly used in Japanese cooking, mirin and rice vinegar have very different flavour profiles. Mirin is sweet and helps balance savoury ingredients, while rice vinegar is acidic and adds sharpness. They are often used together in dressings and sauces, but they are not direct substitutes for one another.

Does mirin contain alcohol?

Traditional hon mirin is a Japanese rice wine that typically contains around 14% alcohol. However, mirin-style cooking seasonings can contain considerably less alcohol or none at all. Centaur Mirin contains no alcohol.

Why is mirin used in Japanese teriyaki sauce?

Mirin plays an important role in traditional teriyaki sauce by balancing the saltiness of soy sauce and contributing sweetness to the glaze. When heated, the sugars help create the characteristic glossy coating associated with teriyaki dishes. This makes mirin particularly useful for glazing chicken, salmon and vegetables.