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Vegetables from Chungcheong, Korea

Jeotgukji (jeot-broth kimchi)젓국지

Jeotgukji is a kimchi with a broth made by stirring jeotguk, the liquid of salted fish, usually yellow croaker, into cold water and pouring it over the vegetables. Korean Wikipedia lists it among the regional kimchi of Chungcheong. No source read gives amounts or times.

A short entry: the sources we found record only what is said here about Jeotgukji itself. Its own sources do not record how it is made, so the steps and scenes below are those of Jogijeot (salted yellow croaker), the closest documented fish and seafood ferment, shown as a guide to the method, not as a record of Jeotgukji.

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Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedHousehold recipe with no fixed amounts in the sources read.
Vegetables[KoWiki]
Jeotguk, mostly from yellow croakerStirred into cold water[KoWiki]
Cold water[KoWiki]

Total time across the steps of Jogijeot (salted yellow croaker): 3 months

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What changes: The whole croaker are washed in salt water

Step 1 of 6 · steps of Jogijeot (salted yellow croaker)
Wash in salt water
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented

The croaker are washed in salt water and drained.

Flavour
Not documented
Texture
Not documented
Colour
Not documented

Microbes at work in this step

Not documented for this step.

Method

Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source

At a glance

Jeotgukji is a kimchi with a broth made by stirring jeotguk, the liquid of salted fish, usually yellow croaker, into cold water and pouring it over the vegetables. Korean Wikipedia lists it among the regional kimchi of Chungcheong. No source read gives amounts or times.

What makes this one different

Jeotgukji takes its salt from a jeot broth poured over the vegetables, not from jeot mixed into the seasoning paste. The Chungcheong coast favours croaker, small croaker and shrimp jeot.

Related ferments

Variants

  • Yeol jeotgukji (열젓국지)Made with young yeolmu radish; 1 cookbook [LL1990].
  • Jeotmubeop (젓무법)Radish kimchi made with jeot; 2 cookbooks [LL1990].

History and sources

Every number is labelled with how it is known. How this atlas is made

The farming song Nongga wollyeongga (1843) names jeotgukji among the kimjang dishes of the 10th month, next to jangajji.

  1. [KoWiki] Korean Wikipedia, 김치 (젓국지 definition after the Standard Korean Language Dictionary; Chungcheong list), read 2026-10wiki
  2. [nfm-kimjang] National Folk Museum of Korea, Encyclopedia of Korean Folk Culture, Korean Food, Clothing and Housing (한국의식주생활사전), 김장 (Nongga wollyeongga, 10th month); KOGL type 2, facts only; read 2026-10book
  3. [nfm-kimchi] National Folk Museum of Korea, Encyclopedia of Korean Folk Culture, Korean Food, Clothing and Housing (한국의식주생활사전), 김치 (regional kimchi; jeot used in Chungcheong); KOGL type 2, facts only; read 2026-10book
  4. [LL1990] Lee Hyo-ji and Lee Hye-kyung 1990, 김치문화의 변천에 관한 문헌적 고찰 (a literature review of changes in kimchi culture; 116 kimchi and 10 kkakdugi in 61 cookbooks, 752–1984), Korean Journal of Heritage 23, 107–133paper