6 Easy and Practical Japanese Eel Recipes at Home

Kapanlagi.com - Japanese eel, or known as Unagi, is one of the special dishes in Japanese cuisine that is famous for its deliciousness. The soft and fatty eel meat, combined with typical Japanese seasonings, produces an incredibly tempting flavor.

Although it is often associated with expensive Japanese restaurants, actually KLovers can prepare unagi at home with various menu variations that are equally delicious. From classic dishes like Unagi Don to modern creations like Unagi Tempura, you can make them yourself.

Come on, check out some easy and practical Japanese eel recipes at home. Check it out, KLovers!

1. Unagi Don

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Unagi don is a warm rice dish topped with grilled eel served with a sweet Japanese sauce. Here’s how to make this Japanese eel dish:

Ingredients:

- 2 fillets of unagi (Japanese eel)

- 2 bowls of warm white rice

- Nori (seaweed)

- Sliced green onions

- Toasted sesame seeds

Unagi Sauce:

- 4 tablespoons of Japanese soy sauce (shoyu)

- 3 tablespoons of mirin

- 2 tablespoons of sake

- 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C

2. Mix all the sauce ingredients, cook until thickened

3. Grill the unagi for 5-7 minutes

4. Brush with unagi sauce, grill for 2 more minutes

5. Serve over warm rice

6. Sprinkle with green onions and sesame seeds

7. Garnish with nori

2. Unagi Sushi Roll

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Unagi sushi roll is a sushi roll filled with grilled eel, fresh vegetables, and rice wrapped in nori seaweed. Here’s how to make this Japanese eel dish:

Ingredients:

- 1 fillet of unagi

- 2 cups of sushi rice

- 2 sheets of nori

- 1 cucumber

- 1 avocado

- Sushi vinegar

- Wasabi and pickled ginger

Instructions:

1. Prepare the sushi rice, season with sushi vinegar

2. Place the nori on a bamboo mat

3. Spread the rice over the nori

4. Arrange the unagi, cucumber, and avocado

5. Roll with the bamboo mat

6. Cut into 8 pieces

7. Serve with wasabi and pickled ginger

3. Unagi Chawanmushi

Unagi chawanmushi is a traditional Japanese steamed egg pudding made with dashi broth and pieces of eel inside. Here’s how to prepare this Japanese eel dish:

Ingredients:

- 100g diced unagi

- 3 eggs

- 300ml dashi

- 1 tbsp mirin

- 1 tbsp shoyu

- Enoki mushrooms

- Green onion

Instructions:

1. Beat the eggs, being careful not to froth them

2. Mix in the dashi, mirin, and shoyu

3. Strain the egg mixture

4. Arrange the unagi and enoki in a bowl

5. Pour the egg mixture

6. Steam for 10-12 minutes

7. Garnish with green onion and serve.

4. Unagi Kabayaki

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Unagi kabayaki is grilled Japanese eel that is prepared in a special way and coated with a thick sweet sauce made from Japanese soy sauce. Here’s how to make it:

Ingredients:

- 4 pieces of fresh unagi

- Salt to taste

Kabayaki Sauce:

- 100ml shoyu

- 100ml mirin

- 50ml sake

- 50g granulated sugar

Instructions:

1. Clean the unagi, sprinkle with salt

2. Skewer with bamboo sticks

3. Grill over charcoal until half-cooked

4. Cook all sauce ingredients until thickened

5. Dip the unagi in the sauce

6. Grill again while brushing with sauce

7. Repeat 2-3 times until glossy and serve.

5. Unagi Tempura

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Unagi tempura is Japanese eel wrapped in a special Japanese tempura batter and then fried until crispy and golden. Here’s how to make it:

Ingredients:

- 300g cut unagi

- Tempura flour

- Ice water

- Cooking oil

Dipping Sauce:

- Tentsuyu

- Grated daikon

- Grated ginger

Instructions:

1. Make the tempura batter with ice water

2. Dip the unagi into the batter

3. Fry in hot oil (170°C)

4. Fry until golden (2-3 minutes)

5. Drain on paper

6. Serve with tentsuyu sauce

7. Complete with grated daikon and ginger, then serve.

6. Unagi Ochazuke

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Unagi ochazuke is a rice dish with grilled Japanese eel poured with hot green tea and sprinkled with nori and seasonings. Here’s how to make it:

Ingredients:

- 150g grilled unagi

- 2 bowls of white rice

- 2 cups of hot green tea

- Cut nori

- Wasabi

- Green onions

- Toasted sesame

Instructions:

1. Prepare the rice in a bowl

2. Place the unagi on top of the rice

3. Sprinkle with nori, green onions, sesame

4. Add a little wasabi

5. Pour with hot green tea

6. Let it sit for a moment to absorb

7. Serve while warm

These are some easy and practical recipes for Japanese eel that you can make at home. You can try these recipes at home now, because if not now, when else?

(kpl/dhm)