Miso Butter: The Secret to Grilling Success

Summer may have ended, but the weather is still warm enough to fool yourself into believing otherwise. Why not invite some friends or family over for one last night of grilling before you pack up that grill for the winter! Lucky for you, we even have a new grilling tip to share that has kept the food world buzzing. The secret ingredient that will change your grilling game is miso butter. Miso butter is a mixture of two parts butter and one part white miso. Whether for meat, vegetables, or anything in between; the applications are endless. When you invite your friends over for a BBQ their mouths are sure to be watering after one bite of your freshly miso grilled meats, and they will soon be asking for more.

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Basting is key to becoming an expert griller—up there with managing the heat of the coals and throwing a kitchen towel jauntily over a shoulder just so. My grill features V-shaped channels that draw out the juices of the protein and deliver them to basting trays at the front of the fire. One day, I filled a tray with a mixture of two parts butter and one part white misoand let them melt together. I was making hanger steaks that time, but since then I’ve slathered miso butter on everything from butterflied leg of lamb and asparagus, to slow-roasting radishes and wild onions. You don’t need a fireplace in your kitchen to benefit from this incredibly easy and flexible basting booster: Try it on some veggies in a grill pan, on salmon under the broiler, or anywhere you could use a gentle, buttery twang of hard-to-place, easy-to-love umami.

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