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Salted fermented shrimp

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What exactly is it?

Tiny shrimp are salted and fermented into a concentrated seasoning. A little accompanies pork, seasons soup or goes into kimchi. It functions more as a condiment or small side than as a large seafood dish.

Main ingredients

Small shrimp, salt

Ordering and serving

Add very small amounts to soup and taste as you go. It remains a shrimp ingredient when served with pork or hidden in kimchi and stock.

Origins and changes

Nanho eomokji records shrimp being salted aboard fishing boats. In Gwangcheon, storage and aging in former mine tunnels developed into a regional salted-shrimp specialty.

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Salted fermented shrimp

새우젓

Main ingredients: Small shrimp, salt
Flavor and character: Tiny shrimp are salted and fermented into a concentrated seasoning. A little accompanies pork, seasons soup or goes into kimchi. It functions more as a condiment or small side than as a large seafood dish.
How to eat it: Add very small amounts to soup and taste as you go. It remains a shrimp ingredient when served with pork or hidden in kimchi and stock.

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Salted pollack roe

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Main ingredients: Pollock roe, salt, optional chili seasoning
Flavor and character: Pollock roe sacs are salted and cured. Their fine popping texture and concentrated saltiness suit small amounts with rice, or use in grilled dishes, egg custard and pasta. Red-seasoned and pale baek varieties differ in seasoning.
How to eat it: Serve small slices with rice or cook it in a dish. Curing does not mean every product is heat-cooked, and pale baek roe is not necessarily unsalted.

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