English Word · Advanced
nitsuke
A Japanese technique of simmering food, especially fish, in a strongly-flavoured soy sauce with sake or mirin
Pronunciation: say nitsuke
Meaning
A Japanese cooking method where ingredients, typically fish, are simmered in a mixture of soy sauce, sake, mirin, and sugar.
Example
For dinner, she prepared a traditional nitsuke of sea bream simmered in soy sauce and mirin.
For dinner, she prepared a traditional nitsuke of sea bream simmered in soy sauce and mirin.
Practice tips
- Practice nitsuke out loud — read the pronunciation guide above and repeat.
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