Japanese•gourmet
Homemade Unagi Sauce (Sweet Eel Sauce)
Learn how to make rich, sweet and delicious Japanese "unagi" eel sauce from scratch at home. Using just 5 ingredients, this recipe is ready within 15 minutes and can be used for grilled eel and so much more!
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 3 servings
- Difficulty
- EASY
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 3 tbsp turbinado sugar ((zarame) coarse light brown sugar)
- 1 tsp dark brown sugar (muscovado or similar)
- 75 ml sake
- 75 ml mirin
- 75 ml Japanese soy sauce (koikuchi shoyu)
Instructions
- 1
Add 3 tbsp turbinado sugar and 1 tsp dark brown sugar to a small saucepan and heat on medium.
- 2
Once it starts to melt, add 75 ml sake and 75 ml mirin. Stir occasionally while you bring it to a boil.
- 3
Allow to boil for 1-2 minutes and then turn the heat down to low, then add 75 ml Japanese soy sauce (koikuchi shoyu) and simmer for 10 minutes or until thickened.
- 4
Scoop out any foam that forms on the surface. Once thickened to a syrup-like consistency, remove from the heat and allow to cool.
- 5
Enjoy!