A handy screw top bottle of sweet cooking mirin, healthier than adding sugar to food. This Mitsukan honteri mirin is ideal to go with salads, yakitori, teriyaki, and as part of sushi seasoning.

Quick Recipe

Mirin Poached Beef

Ingredients

• 250g piece rump steak , trimmed of all fat
• 150ml vegetable stock
• 3 tbsp soy sauce
• 5 tbsp mirin
• 1 tbsp golden caster sugar
• 1 onion, halved and sliced
• ½ tbsp chopped pickled ginger
• 3 spring onions finely chopped
• 1 red chilly, thinly sliced
•  steamed rice to serve

1. Put the meat in the freezer while you prepare the other ingredients (this will help when slicing). Combine the stock, soy, mirin and sugar in a pan, bring to a boil, then turn down to a simmer. Add the onion and cook for 5 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, slice the meat as thinly as you can. add the beef to the pan and cook for a few more minutes, stirring, until opaque. Sprinkle with pickled ginger, spring onions and chilli, and serve with steamed rice and some of the cooking liquid spooned over.