A glass baking dish filled with baked lasagna topped with melted cheese sits on a rustic wooden table.

Spicy Eel-a-licious Lasagna

Serves 4
Total Time 60 minutes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes

Ingredients

6 sheets lasagna sheets 

8 ounce Shredded cheese

*baking dish – 14cm×23cm (1.5litter) 

Salt

Pepper

1 Japanese eggplant

0.3 ounce Garlic

1 Eel fillet (unagi kabayaki) 

2 tablespoons of Kikkoman®Sesame Oil 

2 tablespoons of Kikkoman®Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce

23-ounce Tomato sauce

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375°F (approximately 190°C).
  2. Soak the lasagna sheets in water for 15 minutes (it’s okay to soak longer).
  3. Have a large frying pan, heat cooking oil in a large frying pan, sauté Japanese eggplant, and sliced eel fillet.
  4. Once the eggplant is tender, add Sriracha hot chili sauce, tomato sauce, garlic, pepper, , salt and mix well.
  5. Paste the sauce and adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper.
  6. Grease the inside of a baking dish with cooking oil.
  7. Remove the soaked lasagna sheets from water.
  8. Spread a generous layer of prepared sauce on the bottom of the baking dish.
  9. Layer lasagna sheets, sauce, and shredded cheese in that order.
  10. Cover the baking dish with aluminum foil.
  11. Bake at 375°F for 25 minutes.
  12. Remove from the oven and let it rest for about 15 minutes before cutting (be careful as cutting immediately may cause it to lose shape).
  13. Serve in dishes and enjoy!
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