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Shrimp Sauce

새우젓
sae-u-jeot

A salty condiment made by fermenting small shrimp with salt, used to enhance umami flavor in Korean cuisine.

Category
Side dishes

Ingredients

How it's made

  1. 1Clean and prepare the small shrimp.
  2. 2Sprinkle salt over the shrimp and mix well.
  3. 3Place the salted shrimp in a jar to ferment.
  4. 4Once fermentation is complete, store it in the refrigerator.