dried fish pages

  1. 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 […]

  2. dried pollack

    Dried shredded pollock (Bugeochae)

    Pollock (sometimes spelled pollack) is a variety of white fish similar to cod. You can eat it fresh, but Koreans also dry it out for later use. The best is dried by sea breezes in the sun. When it’s completely dried, the fish is very hard, like a stick of wood. In the old days, […]

  3. Dried anchovies

    Dried anchovies (Mareun-myeolchi)

    Dried anchovies are sold in plastic bags or boxes, sorted by size. Smaller anchovies (mareun janmyeolchi 마른 잔멸치) are used in stir-fries and toasted whole with soy sauce and chili paste to serve, bones and all, as a side dish with rice or as a snack. Large anchovies (gukmulyong mareunmyeolchi 국물용 마른멸치), around 3½ inches […]