How to Make Eel Sauce 

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Same!

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Some recipies do use a fond from eel bones as a base.

Original eel sauce does have eel. But it's endangered and this version is more sustainable for both the eel and the home sushi chef 😬

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Sticky eel sause marinade no shortage of eels here don't bring politics into your diet otherwise its a eating disorder

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@@Alakwe What the hell does this even mean?

@@isaiahdaniels5643 sorry you don't have any eels, it's my breakfast smoked eel on toast, rub a bit of garlic on toast, get over yourself get a fife net, get real

@@isaiahdaniels5643 get over yourself and don’t bring politicos in the diet of eel sauce, no shortage of eels over here so get over it, cope 🤙

If you look through the comment section, he explains why adding the soy sauce in the end wouldn't make it salty. I.e. the extra water content not being evaporated. Just thought you should know

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I got soy sauce and water and sugar thats it

@@bradypiso3939 that's all I do, if I can add mirin, I will but soy sauce, brown sugar and little bit of water will don

@@KassKaiyo Don't worry, everybody cooking Japanese food has them, they are always in my cupboards!

Oh, come on

Sounds good! I've never out fried onions on a roll, but I'll have to try that!

Nikitia M I'm sorry for the late reply! This is usually good for 10 days.

Hondashi pellets can be bought at an Asian market usually. you can also get it on amazon.

what is hondashi?????

@@QueefJuiceOverflow Fish feeding.

+Michelle Reith Well now you know! Lol Different sushi bars will make it in different ways - many of which use Eel in the sauce. I wanted to show how to make eel sauce without using any eel and this was the result!

Adding more slurry would help thicken the sauce, but make sure the sauce is boiling when you add it. :)

Mirin can be purchased without alcohol, but sake cannot. Usually the alcohol is boiled out of the recipe, though. Hope this helps!

The use of hondashi pellets is to substitute eel in the recipe

Secrets of Sushi thanks again for the fast reply 👍

Yeah, you can the pellets

I'm not a food scientist, but I've used eel sauce for at least 2-3 weeks after making it. I'm not sure what the full shelf life of the sauce would be, but it seems to me like it could last longer than one month in a refrigerator.

That's a great question! Bringing everything to a boil will do two things: 1) it allows the alcohol from the sake to be cooked out, leaving only the flavor and 2) it give the highest likelihood of the ingredients to dissolve and the flavors to mix together. The reason why we don't want to add the soy sauce until AFTER it has boiled is because we don't any of the water from the soy sauce to evaporate. If we added the soy sauce before the boil then the final result would be substantially saltier.

No, cooking wine doesn't have as much sugar as mirin so it would change the flavor and consistency quite a bit

1 Cup. For some reason I used a 1/2 cup measuring cup in the video so I had to do it twice. Haha

Yes thank you! I was confused too. 1 or 2? Good thing i scroll down

You can just leave them out, but it will taste different. There isn't really a good substitute, unfortunately.

30 days

Bunga Rin alcohol evaporate while cooking. Just flavor will remain.

+haemin cha is correct. The alcohol will evaporate and only the flavor will remain!

It is mildly sweet

Is it spicy? Sweet? I need a little more info before I would be able to say.

@@Secretsofsushi it's not spicy. It's a neutral taste. I thought it was mayo but it's not as thick as mayo and doesn't really taste like one either

Well, that gives me even less to work with then. Haha I would just ask them. Tell them you have food allergies and you want to know what ingredients are in the sauce.

@@Secretsofsushi oh wow! Such a good idea😆 Thank youu

1 cup = 236.5 ml

I would only use the sauce for 7 days.

Secrets of Sushi wow, u still reply? One of the only channels that reply’s to their fan base.

I try my best to respond to as many of my viewers as possible!

I've never tried using honey instead of sugar, but I don't see why not! Obviously it will change the flavor slightly and it will probably make it a bit thicker as well.

Awesome, thanks for the info and the quick reply! But yeah I was a little worried about the change in flavor. I might try coconut sugar instead. I appreciate the help! :)

I would recommend it, but if you decide to use non-alcoholic sake I would be interested to hear how it turns out!

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No, it will have a very different flavor if you use white wine

You can just leave it out, but it will change the flavor slightly

Can I use cooking sake?

Romelia Darosa Learn to make what?

It's 1 cup of sugar, I was just using the 1/2 measuring cup for the sugar (not sure why).

No, but this is the sauce that they put on the eel after it's grilled!

@@Secretsofsushi owhh thx btw, what sauce that they use before they grill..?

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Secrets of Sushi I found same with michael curtis - no

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You can, but it will taste different

Oh I see...thank you chef

This recipe was designed without the need of adding actual eel. At the time of recording this video, freshwater eel was on the endangered species list in two different countries.

Yep! It's pretty close to teriyaki sauce

Sure thing!

Eel is on the endangered species list in two countries (UK and Japan), so I made this recipe specifically without eel. It has a similar flavor for half the price AND you don't have to contribute to the dwindling population of freshwater eel. :)

Noted.

Unagi is the Japanese word for eel. So either term will work when you're talking about this sauce. 😊