eel sauce
Sweet sushi drizzle
Eel sauce is a thick, sweet-savory glaze used in Japanese cuisine, drizzled over grilled eel (unagi) and other sushi dishes.
Despite the name, it contains no eel—it's made from soy sauce, mirin, and sugar, reduced to a syrupy consistency.
The sauce appears on many American sushi rolls: I asked for extra eel sauce on my dragon roll.
- unagiJapanese cuisine's eel
- sushiVinegared rice with toppings
- sushi rollCylindrical Japanese rice preparation
- dragon rollEel maki with avocado scales
- teriyakiSoy-mirin glazing method
glaze · sweet · soy · mirin · sticky · drizzle · Japanese · Japanese cuisine · rice · roll · caramelized · savory · umami · reduction · glossy · grilled · nori · ginger
- saucesgravy, ketchup, mustard, pesto, marinara
- Japanese ingredientsrice vinegar, sesame oil, shoyu, tamari, kombu
- eel dishesunagi, dragon roll
- fusion foodAsian fusion, sushi burrito, ramen burger, Pacific Rim, Nikkei
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