Dried pollack?
At the Korean Grocery store yesterday, I found this packet with one moderate size dried fish. In a hunger daze, I bought it... now what do I do with it?
Sure, it looks 'fun' and would work well for hammering nails or bludgeoning burglars, but I was thinking of eating it instead.
When I asked the Mom of the Mom and Pop style shop how do I cook Dried Pollack, she replied 'Just Cook!' Do I soak it first, I asked. And she replied 'just Cook!" Over and over again, 'Just COOK!'
I'm guessing it's my lack of Korean language combined with her fatigue at wide eyed Westerners viewing her traditional food as an exotic novelty. Anyway, I have no idea what 'just cook' entails when it comes to a whole (but thankfully gutted) dried fish.
So how do I 'just cook' a whole dried pollack? Do I soak it first? Cram it dry in the oven with some potatoes? The fish has the head on, tail on, even some scales on; only the guts are gone.
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Guess it's a good thing I bought that home-made korean rice wine/beer mix at the same time. Just add cooked rice and water... a few days later, strain it and bottle.
Marniading sounds yummy. I'll need a bigger pan to fry it whole - but maybe I can trim the tail and head for some sort of broth, then marinade and fry the body. Any thoughts on how long to marinade?
Love the video. How do I go from whole fish to shredded bits of fish? Soak it first then shred it? I'm seriously considering buying a second fish to keep next to my bed in case of burglars. I imagine there aren't many criminals that can stand up to a grumpy fish wielding girl in her jim jams.
This fish was pretty affordable, so if it's yummy, I'm going to buy a bunch for my Earthquake Emergency kit. Then again, they have these massive packets of dry squid. I like fresh and cooked squid, so dry squid must be yummy too...right?
Thanks for the tips. Looking forward to fish dinner tomorrow.
You should google around in case I am wrong, but my memory tells me that even though it's dried, it should be frozen in dried state if kept for any length of time. That sounds weird, but I remember reading or hearing that somewhere.