Korean

Myeolchi-bokkeum (Stir-Fried Dried Anchovies)

Name: Myeolchi-bokkeum (Stir-Fried Dried Anchovies)
Total time: 12 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 1.5 cups dried anchovies, small (for stir-frying); 1 tbsp cooking oil; 1 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tbsp rice syrup (jocheong); 1 garlic cloves; 1 tsp sesame oil; 1 tsp sesame seeds

Ji-eun @jieun_busan

Myeolchi-bokkeum (Stir-Fried Dried Anchovies) is Korean home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the condiment. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

12 min Easy Pescatarian Dairy free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

1.5 cups dried anchovies, small (for stir-frying)
1 tbsp cooking oil
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp rice syrup (jocheong)
1 garlic cloves
1 tsp sesame oil
1 tsp sesame seeds

How to cook it

Dry-toast the small anchovies in a skillet over medium heat for 2 minutes to crisp them and drive off any fishy smell, then set aside.
Heat the oil in the same skillet and cook the minced garlic for 30 seconds.
Add the soy sauce and rice syrup and bring to a bubble.
Toss the anchovies back in and stir-fry 1 minute so the glaze coats every piece.
Finish with sesame oil and sesame seeds and let cool slightly before serving, since it crisps as it cools.

Watch how to cook Myeolchi-bokkeum (Stir-Fried Dried Anchovies)

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Serve it with

A Korean dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Myeolchi-bokkeum (Stir-Fried Dried Anchovies), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The dish at the centre
- Beef Bibimbap
  
  50 min
Something to sip
- Aehobak-guk (Clear Zucchini Soup)
  
  18 min
What it is eaten with
- Boribap (Barley Rice)
  
  35 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Myeolchi-bokkeum (Stir-Fried Dried Anchovies) carries gluten, soy, fish, and sesame. It is free of the remaining 6 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Myeolchi-bokkeum (Stir-Fried Dried Anchovies)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	Yes	Baechu Kimchi (Napa Cabbage Kimchi)
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	Yes	Baechu Kimchi (Napa Cabbage Kimchi)
Fish	Yes	Buchu-muchim (Seasoned Garlic Chives)
Sesame	Yes	Baechu Kimchi (Napa Cabbage Kimchi)
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 70 kcal
Protein: 7 g
Carbs: 3 g
Fat: 3 g
Fiber: 0 g
Sugar: 2 g
Sodium: 290 mg
Saturated fat: 0 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Myeolchi-bokkeum (Stir-Fried Dried Anchovies) takes about 12 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.