Eel Sauce (Unagi Tare)
Unagi tare is a sweet soy glaze used sparingly on fully cooked eel. This home sauce contains no eel; the name describes its use.
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Perfect Sushi Rice
Before the knife, before the fish, before the roll — there is rice.
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Pickled Ginger
Pickled ginger, or gari, refreshes the palate between sushi bites. It does not make raw fish safer.
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Spicy Mayo
Spicy mayo is a measured coating, not a way to hide an uneven filling. Begin with a commercial mayonnaise made with pasteurized egg and a modest chile quantity.
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Sushi Vinegar Seasoning
Sushi vinegar seasoning, or sushizu, is measured to support the rice rather than dominate it.
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Tamagoyaki (Layered Omelet)
Tamagoyaki is a rolled omelet made from several thin layers. The new sheet flows beneath the previous roll and joins it, creating a soft layered center rather than loose scrambled egg.
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