Unadon (Eel Bowl)

Name: Unadon (Eel Bowl)
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 2 unagi (freshwater eel) fillets (pre-grilled/frozen); 1/4 cup unagi tare (eel sauce); 2 cups steamed Japanese short-grain rice; sansho pepper; 1 tbsp sake

Grilled eel glazed with a sweetened soy-based sauce over rice.

20 minutes

Serves 4

Lunch/Dinner

No common allergens detected

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Instructions

6 steps

1
Preheat your broiler or toaster oven to medium-high heat. Line a baking tray with foil and lightly oil it.

2
If using frozen pre-grilled unagi, rinse off the thick packaging sauce under warm water and pat perfectly dry with paper towels to ensure a clean flavor.
3
Place the fillets on the tray, skin-side down. Drizzle with 1 tbsp of sake to tenderize and remove any fishy odor. Broil for 5-7 minutes until heated through and bubbling.
4
Generously brush both sides of the eel with the unagi tare sauce.
5
Broil for another 1-2 minutes, watching carefully, until the sauce caramelizes and the edges are slightly charred and crispy.
6
Cut the fillets to fit your serving bowls. Scoop hot steamed rice into the bowls, drizzle with extra tare, place the unagi on top, and sprinkle lightly with sansho pepper.

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