Hello! I am relatively new to Korean food and went to BCD tofu house in Orange County recently. I LOVED one of the banchan dishes in particular and was wondering if someone could tell me the name of it so I can keep an eye out for it next time?
It was the little red dish in the upper right hand corner. It was spicy and chewy with some vegetables I think. SO good!!
Thank you for your help!
by EasyBoysenberry7784
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It’s hard to see because the quality is blurry, but it looks like salted fish or squid (jeot gal) or ssamjang.
I went digging on their socials and found this, previous commenter was right.
https://preview.redd.it/vxe1xjcpx7qc1.png?width=864&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=737079a7dfa9dadfc29655c611e4c89d02632f49
오징어젓갈.
I think it’s a type of dried squid since you mentioned chewy. It’s soften up a bit in water to make it less chewy. Jeot gal isn’t very chewy as it’s raw salt marinated.