4 substitute japanese mirin wine Recipes

japanese eggplants (or 1 large eggplant), vegetable oil, chili pepper flakes , to taste, dried bonito flakes (katsuo-bushi, found in asian grocery stores), soy sauce, mirin (japanese sweet cooking wine, or substitute vermouth with added sugar to taste), water

pork belly, garlic, crushed, ginger, sliced, bonito stock or 1 cup dashi stock (if unavailable, use reserved pork stock), awamori okinawa sake or 1 cup substitute bourbon or 1 cup scotch whisky, sugar, shoyu (japanese soy sauce), mirin (japanese rice wine)

good quality drinking sake, white sugar or 1/4 cup white corn syrup, water