Eel Sauce

This a  great substitute for eel sauce. Great on noodles or sushi.

1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup mirin
1/2 cup sugar

mix all ingredients in a sauce pan. Cook over medium high heat stirring constantly. Bring mixture to a boil and remove from heat until boiling stops. Put back on heat until mixture begins to boil again. Repeat this process until the sauce is reduced by about 1/2 or to 3/4 cup.

Allow to cool. Then use in making sushi.

Sush Rice

Cook 2 cups of sushi rice in rice cooker according to directions on the package. 


Sushi Su
4 parts rice wine vinegar
2 parts sugar
1 part sake or mirin wine
You’ll need 1 part sushi su for every 4 parts rice.
So using the above proportions, here’s a sample recipe for sushi rice:
4 cups short grain/sushi rice
1 cup rice wine vinegar
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup sake or mirin (a Japanese rice wine)

1. Heat vinegar, sugar, and sake or mirin in a saucepan just to dissolve and combine. Allow to cool to room temperature.
2. Cook rice according to rice cooker directions. Transfer to large mixing bowl.
3. Pour su (vinegar mixture) over the rice, gently folding to incorporate.
4. Let rice stand for 10 minutes, then fold again.