Saeujeot

Photo: Hyeon-Jeong Suk, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Saeujeot

새우젓

Jeotgal made from small shrimp

About this dish

Saeu-jeot (Korean: 새우젓) is a variety of jeotgal, salted and fermented food made with small shrimp in Korean cuisine. It is the most consumed jeotgal along with myeolchi-jeot (멸치젓, salted anchovy jeot) in South Korea. The name consists of the two Korean words saeu (새우, shrimp) and jeot. Saeu-jeot is widely used throughout Korean cuisine but is mostly used as an ingredient in kimchi and dipping pastes. The shrimp used for making saeu-jeot are called jeot-saeu (젓새우) and are smaller and have thinner shells than ordinary shrimp. The quality of saeu-jeot largely depends on the freshness of the shrimp. In warm weather, fishermen may immediately add salt for preliminary preservation.

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