smoked eel
Preserved slippery fish
Smoked eel is eel that has been preserved and flavored through smoking, a preparation common in Northern European, Japanese, and other cuisines.
The rich, oily flesh takes well to smoking, yielding a delicacy often served on its own, in sushi, or as part of appetizer spreads: The smoked eel was the highlight of the seafood platter.
- fishGilled aquatic vertebrate
- delicacyRefined sensitivity or rarity
- oilyCovered in grease
- oily fishFish rich in lipids
- savoryAppetizing, not sweet
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