Braised beltfish (Galchi-jorim: 갈치조림)
Today I'd like to introduce you to a delicious, braised fish dish, made with a fish called galchi in Korean. It has a lot of names in English like hartail. cutlassfish, and ribbonfish, but I like beltfish, becaue it's a very long, thin, silvery fish, and it looks like a shiny belt. Tender...
- Prep time
- 14 min
- Cook time
- 31 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- 2 cup water
- 8 oz Korean radish (or daikon). peeled, cut into 1/4 inch thick half-disks
- 1 medium onion (about 6 ounces), sliced
- 1 green onion, sliced
- 1 or 2 green chili peppers (serano, ), sliced
- 8 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tsp peeled ginger, minced
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1 tbsp gochu-garu (Korean hot pepper flakes)
- 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
Instructions
- 1
Combine the garlic, ginger, soy sauce, hot pepper flakes, and ground black pepper in a bowl. Mix well and set aside.
- 2
If using whole fresh fish, remove the head and guts and snip off the fins. Cut the fish into 3 to 4 inch pieces (frozen fish will have already been cut). Rinse the fish under cold running water. Remove any intestines, and pull off any of the black film from inside of the fish body. You don't need to wash it too thoroughly. Do it quickly, then rinse and drain and pat dry.
- 3
Arrange the radish in the bottom of a large heavy skillet. Arrange the onion slices over the radish. Place the pieces of fish on top, side by side, and spoon the seasoning mixture over top of the fish. Add the water along the edges of the skillet so that the seasoning mixture remains on top of the fish. Cover and cook over medium high heat for 15 minutes. Open the skillet and add the green chili pepper and green onion. Spoon some of the broth over top a couple of times. Cover and reduce the heat to medium. Cook for another 15 minutes. Uncover and spoon some of the broth over the top of the fish to season it evenly. Be sure not to move or turn over the fish because it's so soft that it will break easily. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes to cook the radish thoroughly.
- 4
Remove from the heat and serve with rice and more side dishes (if you have them).