Thank you. I can’t wait to go to my Asian grocery. Before this video I would have been clueless on buying/prepping one of my favorite things I get at Japanese restaurants.
FYI if you didn't thaw your eel early enough, heating some water and put your eel in it. It speeds up the thawing process and also makes it easier to wipe off the sauce it was packaged in!
Unagi skin isn't tough, especially when it's heated up properly. You can broil it with the skin side up but then you would have to flip it over to brush on the sauce, which you could do. I've found that it doesn't make too much of a difference in skin texture unless you purposely broil it for longer to crisp up the skin. Really comes down to personal preference. Give it a try and let me know how it goes!
Omg , Unagi is my favorite! , I’m lucky every once in a while one Asian grocery store gets live eels in but they are expensive, the store bought package is around $ 22 dollars, I haven’t seen anyone catching sea eels in my area ,is there a taste difference between a fresh water eel and sea eels 🤔
That's great you have the option of getting live eel! And yes, there is a taste difference between unagi (freshwater) and anago (saltwater). Unagi is more rich and typically cooked kabayaki style while anago has a more mild and delicate flavor. Anago is what you typically see served at sushi restaurants in Japan while unagi is served as unajyu or unadon. They're both amazing though!
I know there are some online seafood retailers that sell unagi, I haven't tried personally but might be worth checking out. And yes technically if you use sushi rice then it would be unagi chirashi, which is great as well!
Thank you. I can’t wait to go to my Asian grocery. Before this video I would have been clueless on buying/prepping one of my favorite things I get at Japanese restaurants.
Glad you found the video helpful Terry!
best and simple
It really is, one of the simplest and most satisfying meals.
FYI if you didn't thaw your eel early enough, heating some water and put your eel in it. It speeds up the thawing process and also makes it easier to wipe off the sauce it was packaged in!
Thanks for the tip!
How tough is the skin? I thought you broil it skin side up to make it crispy. I could be wrong. This looks really tasty, I’ll give it a go! Thanks!
Unagi skin isn't tough, especially when it's heated up properly. You can broil it with the skin side up but then you would have to flip it over to brush on the sauce, which you could do. I've found that it doesn't make too much of a difference in skin texture unless you purposely broil it for longer to crisp up the skin. Really comes down to personal preference. Give it a try and let me know how it goes!
Can you cook the frozen Eel on coals with skewers or do you need fresh uncooked eel for that method?
Typically you need uncooked eel to cook over coals, I don't think the frozen precooked ones would skewer too well.
Omg , Unagi is my favorite! , I’m lucky every once in a while one Asian grocery store gets live eels in but they are expensive, the store bought package is around $ 22 dollars, I haven’t seen anyone catching sea eels in my area ,is there a taste difference between a fresh water eel and sea eels 🤔
That's great you have the option of getting live eel! And yes, there is a taste difference between unagi (freshwater) and anago (saltwater). Unagi is more rich and typically cooked kabayaki style while anago has a more mild and delicate flavor. Anago is what you typically see served at sushi restaurants in Japan while unagi is served as unajyu or unadon. They're both amazing though!
@@TheSushiMan 👍🏼thanks I’ve never had a chance to compare them ,
T_T I can't find unagi where I live.
If I did this with sushi rice, would that make it an unagi chirashi sushi bowl?
I know there are some online seafood retailers that sell unagi, I haven't tried personally but might be worth checking out. And yes technically if you use sushi rice then it would be unagi chirashi, which is great as well!
Hey man, any way to reach out to you? do you have a discord community?
Hey Gabriel, I don't have a Discord community but you can reach out to me directly at jun@thesushiman.com.