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Jogi-jeot

Alternative names	Salted yellow croaker
Type	Jeotgal
Place of origin	Korea
Main ingredients	Yellow croaker

Jogi-jeot (조기젓) or salted yellow croaker is a variety of jeotgal (salted seafood), made with yellow croakers. In Korean cuisine, jogi-jeot is widely used as banchan (side dish), as a condiment, or as an ingredient for kimchi.

History

Korean people have eaten yellow croakers for a very long time, as Shuowen Jiezi, an early 2nd-century Chinese dictionary, reports that yellow croakers were caught in Lelang, and that a Han commandery existed within the Korean peninsula.

Preparation

Fresh yellow croakers, with lustrous scales and a chubby belly, caught in May to June. are preferred. Croakers are washed and drained on sokuri (bamboo tray), then stuffed with coarse salt, and laid on a salt-lined onggi (earthenware jar). One layer of fish is followed by one layer of salt, and so on. When the jar is around 70% filled, split and sterilized bamboo stalks are laid over the croakers, followed by boiled and cooled brine (mixture of 2/3 water and 1/3 salt). In total, the salt used should weigh around 15‒20% of the fish. The jeotgal is left to ferment at 15–20 °C (59–68 °F) for two to three months and up to a year.

See also

• Myeolchi-jeot
• Myeongnan-jeot
• Saeu-jeot

References

1. Cultural Properties Administration, MCPI (1984). Folkloric Studies Division, CHRI (ed.). Hanguk minsok jonghap josa bogoseo 한국민속종합조사보고서 [A General Survey Report of Korean Folklore] (PDF) (in Korean). Vol. 15. Seoul: Korea Herald. p. 192. ISBN 9788928503254. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2008.
2. Xǔ, Shèn (148). Shuōwén Jiězì 說文解字 (in Literary Chinese). Han China.
3. ^ "jogi-jeot" 조기젓. Doopedia (in Korean). Doosan Corporation. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
4. ^ "The Ingredients for Kimchi and Their Characteristics". Korea.net. Korean Overseas Information Service. Archived from the original on 28 March 2008. Retrieved 6 May 2008.

• [REDACTED] Food

• Banchan
• Fermented fish
• Jeotgal