15 Easy Homemade Unagi Sauce Recipes
Source: Andrey Starostin, AdobeStockJapanese cuisine largely relies on its unusual and piquant sauces. For example, thick soy-based Unagi sauce with a distinct sweet flavor. Traditionally, it was served with eel in various forms, but it also harmoniously complements chicken, sushi, seafood, and other dishes. Take note of our best recipes!
1. Unagi Sauce with Ginger and Honey
Source: pizzagiroskls.ruA simple yet delicious Unagi sauce recipe for all occasions.
You will need: 40 ml soy sauce, 50 ml olive oil, 5 g ginger, 10 g honey, 3 g starch.
Preparation: Grate the ginger and squeeze out its juice through cheesecloth. Mix soy sauce, olive oil, and honey, and heat, but do not boil. Add starch and ginger juice, and simmer the Unagi sauce over low heat until thickened.
2. Unagi Sauce with Mirin and White Wine
Source: pinterest.comWe recommend using dry white wine – it's best suited for this sauce.
You will need: 2 tbsp sugar, 200 ml each of white wine, mirin, and soy sauce.
Preparation: Mix everything except the sugar until smooth and simmer the Unagi over minimal heat for about 1-1.5 hours. Add sugar, stir, and remove the sauce from the heat.
3. Unagi Sauce with Hondashi Broth
Source: рецепты.здоровое-питание.рфThis is a dry granulated broth that will give the Unagi sauce a brighter flavor.
You will need: 200 ml mirin, 3 tbsp olive oil, 200 ml soy sauce, 2 tbsp brown sugar, 1 tbsp hondashi.
Preparation: Mix mirin, soy sauce, olive oil, and hondashi, and reduce the sauce by about half over low heat, stirring occasionally. Add sugar, cook until dissolved, and let the sauce cool.
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4. Unagi Sauce with Pectin
Source: sushi-mi.ruAnother way to make a very thick Unagi!
You will need: 4 cloves garlic, 30 g ginger, 100 g sugar, 50 ml water, 20 ml vinegar, 1 pinch pectin, 100 ml soy sauce, 100 ml dry white wine.
Preparation: Mix water, vinegar, soy sauce, white wine, and sugar, and bring everything to a boil. Simmer for 20 minutes over low heat and add chopped garlic and ginger. Simmer the Unagi sauce for another 30 minutes, strain, add pectin, and stir.
5. Unagi Sauce with Mirin and Sugar
Source: prohz.ruThe simplest Unagi recipe with just three basic ingredients.
You will need: 120 ml soy sauce, 120 ml mirin, 4 tbsp sugar.
Preparation: Mix all ingredients until the sugar dissolves. Bring the sauce to a boil and cook over minimal heat until desired thickness.
6. Unagi Sauce with Chili
Source: justsovet.ruYou can strain the finished sauce if you want to remove the chili pieces.
You will need: 1 tbsp sugar, 100 ml each of dry white wine, mirin, and soy sauce, 1 chili pepper, 2 cloves garlic, 10 g ginger.
Preparation: Mix wine, mirin, and soy sauce, and bring to a boil. Add finely chopped ginger, garlic, and chili, and cook until thickened. Finally, add sugar, stir again, and let the sauce cool.
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7. Unagi Sauce with Lemon Zest
Source: teplosetsp.ruThe tartness of lemon gives Unagi sauce a slight piquancy.
You will need: 180 ml soy sauce, 120 ml mirin, 4 tbsp sugar, 1 tsp lemon juice, 1 tsp lemon zest.
Preparation: Mix mirin and soy sauce, bring to a boil, and simmer for 30 minutes over low heat. Add sugar, lemon juice, and zest, and continue cooking until desired consistency.
8. Unagi Sauce with Starch
Source: zen.yandex.ruIf you don't have time to reduce the sauce for long, you can easily thicken it with starch.
You will need: 150 ml soy sauce, 100 ml mirin, 3 tbsp honey, 1 tbsp starch.
Preparation: Boil soy sauce with mirin, add honey, and simmer for 30 minutes. Add starch and cook the Unagi sauce a little longer over low heat until thickened.
9. Unagi Sauce with Ginger and Lemon Juice
Source: voronezh.leverans.ruGinger juice can be squeezed from grated ginger using cheesecloth.
You will need: 80 ml olive oil, 80 ml soy sauce, 20 g honey, 10 ml each of ginger and lemon juice, 5 g starch.
Preparation: Mix olive oil, honey, and soy sauce, and cook until the honey dissolves. Add ginger and lemon juice, and starch, and cook a little longer until thickened.
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10. Unagi Sauce with Powdered Sugar
Source: specii-pripravi.ruThis makes the texture of Unagi sauce even smoother!
You will need: 150 ml soy sauce, 150 ml mirin, 150 g powdered sugar.
Preparation: Mix all ingredients in a saucepan, and bring to a boil, stirring. Reduce the sauce by about a third over low heat, continuing to stir.
11. Unagi Sauce with Eel
Source: m-interes.ruA little smoked eel gives Unagi a more complex flavor and aroma.
You will need: 200 ml mirin, 200 ml soy sauce, 150 ml water, 120 g sugar, 50 g smoked eel, 15 g starch.
Preparation: Mix soy sauce and mirin. Add 100 ml water, sugar, and chopped eel. Bring everything to a boil and cook for 10 minutes. Dissolve starch in the remaining water, pour into the Unagi, and cook the sauce for another 5-10 minutes over low heat.
12. Unagi Sauce with Water
Source: pripravlu.ruThe simplest way to ensure everything dissolves smoothly.
You will need: 200 ml mirin, 250 ml soy sauce, 120 ml water, 100 g sugar, 1 tbsp honey, 1 tbsp starch.
Preparation: Mix sugar and half the water, and heat until dissolved. Pour in mirin and soy sauce, add honey, and cook the sauce for 10 minutes after boiling. Dissolve starch in the remaining water, pour into the sauce, and cook for another 7 minutes over low heat.
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13. Unagi Sauce with Sake and Honey
Source: craft-pizza.netA classic Japanese Unagi recipe that all Asian cuisine lovers will appreciate.
You will need: 200 ml soy sauce, 100 ml sake, 100 ml mirin, 1 tsp hondashi, 1 tbsp honey.
Preparation: Put all ingredients in a saucepan and heat to a boil, stirring. Cook the sauce over minimal heat until desired thickness – this takes about an hour.
14. Unagi Sauce with Sake and Sugar
Source: sharden.moscowSake will give Unagi sauce a piquant bitterness and subtle fruity notes.
You will need: 1 cup mirin, 0.5 cup sugar, 0.5 cup dark soy sauce, 0.25 cup sake.
Preparation: Mix mirin, sake, and sugar, and cook for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Continuing to stir, pour in the soy sauce, bring to a boil again, and cook for another 10 minutes.
15. Unagi Sauce with Sesame Oil
Source: kvashenaya-kapusta.ruIt's impossible to imagine Asian cuisine without the aroma of sesame oil!
You will need: 80 ml soy sauce, 80 ml olive oil, 20 ml sesame oil, 20 g honey, 5 g starch.
Preparation: Mix all ingredients except starch in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Cook the Unagi sauce, stirring, for 10 minutes over low heat. Add starch, stir again, and cook for another 5-10 minutes until thickened.
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