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Unagi Sauce (Eel Sauce)
Sweet, salty, savory, unagi sauce, or eel sauce, adds a rich and flavorful glaze over perfectly grilled eel. This easy homemade unagi sauce recipe is made with only four ingredients.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 10 servings
- Difficulty
- EASY
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1/3 cup mirin
- 2 tablespoon sake
- 3 tablespoon sugar
- 1/3 cup soy sauce
Instructions
- 1
Mix the sauce. In a small saucepan, add the mirin and sake over medium heat. Mix to combine. Bring to a boil and then cook for an additional 2 minutes to burn off the alcohol.
- 2
Add soy sauce and sugar. Add the soy sauce and sugar and mix to combine until the sugar dissolves. Lower the heat to medium low and gently simmer the sauce while stirring occasionally for about 10-12 minutes or until the sauce reduces by half and thickens.
- 3
Cool. Remove the sauce from the heat and let it cool. The sauce will thicken as it cools.