What is in eel sauce?
I've always love eating this dark eel sauce that goes with eel rolls at our favorite sushi restaurants. It's got a dark color it's sweet, a little salty, and slightly savory.
What is in eel sauce? What makes it sweet and so concentrated with flavor? Also, why is it called eel sauce?
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The preparation is called Kabayaki, hence the Eel sauce is also called Kabayaki sauce.
Ingredients list:
Hon Mirin: Alcohol & sweetness
Naturally fermented soy sauce: Umami & saltiness
Eel / fish bones: flavour(smell)
Components:
sweet -> sugar+mirin (rice wine)
salt -> soy
savory -> soy+mirin+eel bones
At home, you probably won't be able to manage eel bones boiled down into stock. Ignoring that, it's all a matter of mixing and reducing.
Sugar+soy+mirin, reduce to 1/3, revel in the joy of caramel and salt and sharpness.
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