Alternative names | Salted shrimp |
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Type | Jeotgal |
Place of origin | Korea |
Main ingredients | Shrimp |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 새우젓 |
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Revised Romanization | saeu-jeot |
McCune–Reischauer | saeu-jŏt |
IPA | [sɛ̝.u.dʑʌt̚] |
Saeu-jeot[1] (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.[2]
The quality of saeu-jeot largely depends on the freshness of the shrimp. In warm weather, fishermen may immediately add salt for preliminary preservation.