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Eel

Anguilla anguillaAlso called Anguilliformes as food

Eel is a fish. Cooks bake, boil, simmer, smoke, or stew it.

  • Fish
  • Gluten-free
  • Allergen: fish

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Family
Anguillidae
Cooked most in
Asia
Top country
Indonesia
Eel, market

Photo: Italo Greco · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use eel

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Bake
  • Boil simmer
  • Smoke
  • Stew

Around the world

Where eel is cooked

2 dishes in the catalogue use eel. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list eel among their ingredients.

Origins

  1. The 700s · United Kingdom

    Eels were eaten in Britain by at least the eighth century.

  2. The 1500s

    Eels were often dried when demand exceeded the fresh supply.

On the table

Dishes made with eel

2 dishes in the catalogue use it.

  • Eel rujak

    Indonesia

  • Eel soup

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include eel.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: eel in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
Contains: fishChecked and not found: soy, eggs, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
From: fishChecked and not found: egg, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Family

Related forms

A kind of
fish

Around the world

What eel is called

Names in 20 languages, from Wikidata.

  • French

    chair d'anguille · anguille (chair) · chair d'anguilliforme · anguilliforme (chair)

  • Italian

    anguilla

  • Portuguese

    enguia

  • German

    Aal

  • Russian

    угорь

  • Arabic

    ثعبان البحر كغذاء

  • Chinese

    鳗鱼肉

  • Japanese

    うなぎ類 · 鰻類 · ウナギ類

  • Vietnamese

    Thịt lươn

  • Indonesian

    Belut

  • Catalan

    anguila

  • Czech

    Úhoří maso

Show all 20 languages

  • Danish

    ål

  • Esperanto

    angilaĵo

  • Estonian

    angerjas

  • Galician

    anguía

  • Latin

    Anguilliformes

  • Low German

    Aal

  • Madurese

    bellu'

  • Slovenian

    jegulja

Sources and credits

Data

  • GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
  • Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
  • Wikimedia Commons: photos
  • Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wikidata item: Q5347044

Photos

Photo: Italo Greco · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons