Bbq eel

Bbq eel Chef Britt celebrates her birthday through firing up the Kamado Joe Classic II for certainly considered one among her favourite dishes: Japanese BBQ Eel! Also called Kabayaki, or Unadon, it`s a simple, sweet, grilled fish dish served over rice.

Ingredients Bbq eel

2 programs of eel filets (fresh, frozen, or broiled/pre-marinated)
1 cup Short Grain Japanese Rice, or sushi rice
For the kabayaki sauce:
half of cup mirin
1/four cup soy sauce
1/four cup sake
1-2 tbsp Zingerz Cayenne-Infused Honey
For the furikake:
2 massive sheets of roasted nori
2 tbsp black sesame seeds
2 tbsp white sesame seeds
1 tbsp Jacobsen Salt Co. Pure Kosher Sea Salt
Optional add-ons: bonito flakes, or dried shrimp

Instructions

To prep eel filets:
Thaw the eel filets if needed.
Remove the backbone of the filets through taking a knife and reducing simply to the facet of the backbone. Continue reducing across the backbone on each aspects till a knife can slide under to cast off it. Once the backbone is completely removed, the filet ought to lay flat.

Transfer butterflied eel filets to a steam basket and steam till cooked through (approximately one minute in a pressure-cooker).
Remove from steam basket and area into kabayaki sauce to marinate earlier than grilling.

For broiled/pre-marinated packs (Eel withinside the U.S. is maximum usually determined this way):
Simply thaw and grill on a solid iron skillet or griddle till heated through.

For the kabayaki sauce:

Combine sake, mirin, soy sauce, and honey in a saucepan and decrease over medium-low warmth till thickened and syrupy.
Recipe Notes: The honey may be changed with any type of sugar to reap comparable results.

For the rice: Bbq eel

Bring one cup of rice to a full of life boil with 2 half of cups of water.
Reduce warmth to a low simmer and prepare dinner dinner protected for 20 mins.
Remove from warmth and allow stand protected for a further 10 mins earlier than serving.
You can alternative some other type of rice if preferred (use producer commands for excellent results), however for authenticity, use short-grain Japanese rice.

For the furikake:

Finely chop the nori and blend with the last ingredients. Use as a completing seasoning for rice, fish, or vegetables.

To grill/assemble:

Set up your Kamado Joe Classic II for high-warmth, direct grilling. The use of a solid iron griddle is likewise ideal. Without, you can need to a fish basket accent to assist hold the smooth eel complete because it grills.

Place the precooked, marinated eel filets immediately on a warm griddle, pores and skin-facet down. Cook till the pores and skin is barely charred/crispy and the filet is heated through (simplest a few minutes according to facet).

Serve BBQ eel filets eel2 over rice, and season with furikake, if preferred.Bbq eel