Eel? What do you serve with it? Brussel spouts? Cabbage? Rice pilaf?

Question

Need a little help here!

Answer 1

Depends on how you choose to cook it, I guess. I love it the way the Japanese do it - grilled, with a sweet marinade of soy and rice wine (it's really yummy as a sushi filling - at least, I think so).
It's a very oily fish, so i'd suggest you pick you accompaniments with this in mind - steamed rice and seasonal vegetables, for example.

Answer 2

If it's unagi (Japanese eel), I make a sauce out of sugar, rice wine, soy sauce, garlic, and sesame oil, and bake it in a toaster over until the skin is slightly crisped. I serve it with Japanese sushi rice (a short grained rice with rice vinegar, sugar, and salt added) which helps balance the strong and fatty flavor of the eel.

Just remember -- with any oily fish, you'll want something a little bit acidic to help "cut" through the fat -- so if you're broiling it, squeeze a lemon on top, etc. Other than that, you can serve with anything.

If you're looking in the brussel sprout/cabbage family, I'd vote for broccoli, because the strong flavor of cabbage would fight the eel.

Answer 3

It depends on how you cook it. Since it is a little oily and has a strong flavor. I like to put a sauce with it, lemon, soy or tomatoe based are my favorites, and serve it with rice to soak up the sauce. So steamed rice or rice pilaf would be good.

Answer 4

I would grill it and serve with rice pilaf, but my veggie would be something light so it wouldn't take on the flavor.

Answer 5

I vote for rice pilaf and cabbage.