Japan

Unagi Don

Name: Unagi Don
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Japan
Ingredients: 2 fillets Eel (pre-cooked, kabayaki); 3 tbsp Soy sauce; 2 tbsp each Mirin & sake; 1 tbsp Sugar; 2 bowls Cooked rice; some Sansho pepper

Japanese rice bowl with glazed eel

Unagi don (or unadon) is a rice bowl with grilled freshwater eel glazed in a glossy, sweet-salty kabayaki sauce.

In Japan eel is seen as an invigorating summer food, especially on the “Day of the Ox” - a dish steeped in tradition.

Servings2

Time30 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Eel (pre-cooked, kabayaki)2 fillets
Soy sauce3 tbsp
Mirin & sake2 tbsp each
Sugar1 tbsp
Cooked rice2 bowls
Sansho peppersome

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Reduce soy sauce, mirin, sake and sugar into kabayaki sauce.
Brush the eel fillets with it and glaze in oven or grill.
Arrange rice in bowls.
Cut the eel into pieces and lay over the rice.
Drizzle with sauce and sansho pepper, serve.

Make it original

Mirin and soy sauce for unagi don are in the Asia Boutique.

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