Sambok grilled freshwater eel
Make this delicious Korean-inspired summer dish this week!
SERVES
2
Ingredients
Sweet and Spicy Barbecue Marinade
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup mirin
- 1/2 cup gochujang
Grill and Serve
- 1 lb freshwater eel fillet
- Salt, for seasoning
- Sesame oil
- 2 green onions
- Toasted sesame seeds, to garnish
Directions
Sweet and Spicy Barbecue Marinade
- Add soy sauce, white sugar, mirin, and gochujang in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a slow boil, stirring the ingredients, until the marinade is reduced by approximately 25%.
- If the eel is not glazed with BBQ sauce, lightly salt the inside of the fillet. Let it stand for 10 minutes.
- Cover with marinade for one hour.
- If the eel is already glazed with BBQ sauce, leave it as is until grilling.
Grill and Serve
- Oil the grill with sesame oil. Bring the grill to very hot.
- Place the eel fillets on the grill, skin side up. Brush with marinade. Grill for two minutes.
- Flip the eel fillet. Brush with marinade on the other side.
- Repeat the process twice until fully cooked.
- Remove the eel fillets from the grill to a cutting board.
- Cut the eel into strips width-wise and place them on small plates.
- Garnish with chopped green onions and serve. Enjoy!
