Easy Homemade Unagi Sauce Recipe

Unagi will perfectly complement fried chicken, fish, and vegetables! Unagi sauce at home is a simple recipe from Japanese cuisine, adapted for our table. It has a fairly pronounced sweet taste and spiciness, which can be adjusted by the amount of ginger juice. Served with various dishes.
cook time: 20 min
Chloe Benton
Easy Homemade Unagi Sauce Recipe

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

491
Calories
46g
Fat
35g
Carbs
2g
Protein

Ingredients (4 portions)

Basic:

Olive oil 50 ml
Ginger 5 g
Honey 10 g
Starch 3 g
Soy sauce 40 ml

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make unagi sauce? To prepare traditional Japanese unagi sauce, take soy sauce, honey (preferably liquid, but real), ginger root, olive oil.

Step 2

Step 2
The sauce will require ginger juice, so you need to make that first. Itʼs very simple. The ginger root is quite juicy, so it is easy to squeeze out after grating the ginger on a fine grater. The next step is to grate a piece of root and squeeze out the juice through a piece of gauze folded in half, or you can simply place the pulp in a strainer and press with a spoon, the juice will flow easily.

Step 3

Step 3
Mix soy sauce, honey and olive oil in a saucepan or saucepan, heat but do not boil. Sweetness is achieved due to the addition of honey, so as not to lose its beneficial properties, it is not recommended to boil the sauce, only warm it up.

Step 4

Step 4
Add ginger juice and starch. Mix well again and simmer without boiling over low heat until thickened. Add potato starch; if you use corn starch, use twice as much.

Step 5

Step 5
Thatʼs all! Unagi sauce is ready! It is very tasty served with fried fish, chicken, or simply with sliced vegetables. It imparts an unusual spicy and pungent sweetness to all products, which makes their familiar taste not immediately recognizable and attractive.

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