{"id":1509,"date":"2011-09-07T00:30:40","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T07:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/koreanathome.wordpress.com\/?p=1509"},"modified":"2021-06-01T13:40:57","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T20:40:57","slug":"bugeo-gui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kimchimari.com\/bugeo-gui\/","title":{"rendered":"Pan Seared Korean Dried Pollock (\ubd81\uc5b4\uad6c\uc774 Bugeo Gui)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pan Seared Dried Pollock (Korean Bugeo Gui)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dried Pollock (\ubd81\uc5b4bugeo) was actually NOT one of my favorite foods when I was a child. I am not sure exactly why but I think it had something to do with the fact that it often had many bones in it and I was never good at avoiding them. The bugeo that’s sold now have almost no bones and being married to a bugeo lover for 20 years, I have grown a true liking to them.<\/p>\n

Bugeo (booguh\/bukeo\/buk-uh) is a great food to have in your pantry\/freezer because you can make soups and side dishes out of it at any time. Since bugeo is dried, there’s no need to defrost. And a great thing about this dish is that you can freeze the marinated bugeo pieces in advance and just pan sear them almost instantly.<\/p>\n

In Korea, dried pollock (bugeo) is traditionally known to have great health benefits. In general, it is said to have the ability to help the body get rid of toxins and also recover more quickly from a hangover. If you ask any older Koreans who like to drink alcohol, if the dried pollock soup (\ubd81\uc5b4\uad6d bugeo gook) helps them with their hangover, they will all swear by it. I have certainly made my share of bugeo gook in my younger days for my husband – good thing he is now mature and has not had a hangover in years..\u00a0 My mother-in-law also believes in eating bugeo gook to help one’s body clear away any toxins before and after an herbal medicine regimen. I also remember my parents giving boiled dried pollock head soup to our dogs whenever they ingested something bad (even rat poison – after getting them to throw up the poison first) and most of the time they recovered fully. I searched online in both Korean and English and did not find much research on this but I did find that pollock has an abundant amount of an amino acid called methionine that helps with normal liver function\u00a0 which is essential for elimination of toxins in the body. So make sure you keep some bugeo in your pantry!<\/p>\n

About Bugeo and Alaska Pollock<\/h3>\n

\u2013 Dried pollock (bugeo) can be stored at room temperature for weeks but if you want to keep it fresher longer, store it in your freezer.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Quick note about all the different names Koreans have for the same fish but for the different state it is in.<\/p>\n