Eel and egg squares ~ Unadama mushi

Recipe Categories : | Japanese | Egg | Eel | 

Serves : 6   Preparation time : 10 minutes  Cooking time : 50-55 minutes  

Related recipe : | Dashi | Grilled Eel | 

Ingredients :

• For egg mixture : 8 eggs
• 2 cups dashi
• 6 grilled eels ~ Unagi no kabayaki
• 1½ tspn soya sauce
• pinch salt
• pinch sugar
  For sauce mixture :
• 2 cups dashi
• ½ tspn salt
• 1 tspn sugar
• 1 tspn cornflour
• 1 tspn cold water

Preparation and Cooking Instructions

1. For egg mixture : Mix all ingredients together, pour into square mould or a biscuit tin and steam for 45 minutes. When cooked, turn out and cut into 2" squares.
2. For sauce mixture : Heat the dashi, add salt and sugar. Blend the cornflour with the water, stir into sauce, cook until it thickens. Pour over the egg and eel squares and serve at once.
3. Cooks notes : Unagi no kabayaki is available in cans, in which case the eels will require no cooking, just cutting to length.