굴비 pages

  1. Gulbi-gui

    Grilled salted & dried yellow corvina (Gulbi-gui: 굴비구이)

    Koreans have long salted and preserved yellow corvina (gulbi: 굴비), as a way to make them more delicious and keep them longer. Yeong-gwang, in South Jeolla province, is especially well-known for gulbi and you’ll see large racks of them there, drying in the sun and ocean breeze. They can be found sold frozen in the […]

  2. Dried and salted yellow corvina

    Dried and salted yellow corvina

    Koreans preserve and season yellow corvina by salting them and then hanging to dry in the sun and wind. The preserved fish, called gulbi, have a snappy, firm texture and are delicious roasted, pan-fried, steamed, or stewed. The fish are not totally dried out: they retain a lot of moisture, and are very flaky inside. Yeonggwang […]