fillets of eel grilled and glazed with a rich salty and sweet sauce of sake and soy sauce. "traditionally eaten in august when the health giving properties of eel were believed to help ensure against the debilities caused by summer heat". Typically served over rice with a dusting of sansho, the fragrant ground pepper from the prickly ash tree.

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Name: Unagi Kabayaki (glazed grilled eel)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 2-3 each small freshwater eel; 1/4 cup light soy sauce; 1/4 cup sake; 1/4 cup sugar; cooked rice; sansho (japanese pepper)

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INGREDIENTS

2-3 each small freshwater eel
1/4 cup light soy sauce
1/4 cup sake
1/4 cup sugar
cooked rice
sansho ; (japanese pepper)

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INSTRUCTIONS

fillet the eel. cut the head off, discard internals, and rub skin with coarse salt. remove meat from the back bone and cut in 4 inch strips. Skewer with bamboo and steam for a minute or two until it is partially cooked. this part can be omitted but it helps to ensure the delicate texture, if it's omitted it will taste just as good but the eel will have a firmer texture.

Prepare a charcoal grill. Mix the sake, soy sauce and sugar until the sugar has dissolved. Once the coals are ashy and glowing red, grill the eel skin side down. Brush generously with the sauce. flip and cook the other side briefly, also brushing the skin side with the sauce. Continue glazing and turning until the eel has a nice developed a nice red-brown surface.

Ease off skewers and arrange eel on rice and sprinkle with sansho.

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Serving Size: 1 Serving (430g)
Recipe Makes: 1 Servings

Calories: 908
Calories from Fat: 4 (0%)

Amt Per Serving		% DV

	Total Fat 0.4g	1 %
	Saturated Fat 0.1g	1 %
	Monounsaturated Fat 0.1g
	Polyunsanturated Fat 0.1g
Cholesterol 0mg		0 %
Sodium 3129.3mg		108 %
Potassium 184.4mg		5 %
Total Carbohydrate 203.9g		60 %
	Dietary Fiber 1g	4 %
	Sugars, other 203g
Protein 10.2g		15 %
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Calories per serving: 908

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