Anchovy

Engraulidae, EngraulisAlso called Engraulidae and engraulis

Anchovy is a fish whose flesh is eaten. Cooks cure, deep-fry, pickle, and preserve it, eat it raw, or use it as a seasoning. It is sold canned or jarred and pairs with capers.

Fish
Gluten-free
Allergen: fish

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Fish & seafood
Part used: Muscle
Family: Engraulidae
Cooked most in: Asia, Europe
Top country: Indonesia
Dishes: 7 in the catalogue

Photo: jules / stone soup · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use anchovy

Typical ways to cook or use it

Cure
Deep fry
Pickle
Preserve
Raw
Season

Preparing it

Gut anchovies before curing them in brine.

Goes well with

caper

Shopping

Choosing and storing anchovy

Sold as: Canned, Jarred

Around the world

Where anchovy is cooked

7 dishes in the catalogue use anchovy. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Asia6
Europe1

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list anchovy among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with anchovy

7 dishes in the catalogue use it.

Pan-bagnat
France
Spicy porridge
Indonesia
Sambal tuktuk
Indonesia
Rusip
Indonesia
Buntil
Indonesia
Nasi kucing
Indonesia
Palai Bada
Indonesia

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include anchovy.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: anchovy in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Allergens: Contains: fishChecked and not found: soy, eggs, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin: From: fishChecked and not found: egg, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten: None
Alcohol: None
Caffeine: None
Pork: None

Family

Related forms

A kind of: fish
Kinds: european anchovy

Around the world

What anchovy is called

Names in 78 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
Anchoa · Bocarte · Anchoveta · Anchoas
French
Engraulidae · Engraulidés · Anchois
Italian
Engraulidae · acciuga · alice
Portuguese
Engraulidae · Engraulididae
German
Sardellen · Engraulidae
Dutch
ansjovissen · Engraulidae
Turkish
Ançous
Russian
Анчоусовые
Polish
Sardelowate · Stolephoridae · Engraulididae · Engraulidae
Arabic
بلمية · أنشوجة · Engraulidae
Persian
موتوماهیان · انچوی‌ماهیان · آنچوی‌ماهیان · آنچوی ماهیان
Hebrew
עפייניים

Show all 78 languages

Afrikaans
Engraulidae
Albanian
Engraulidae
Aragonese
Engraulidae
Asturian
Engraulidae
Azerbaijani
Ançouslar · Engraulidae
Balinese
Gerang
Basque
Engraulidae · engraulido
Belarusian
Анчоусавыя
Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)
анчоўсавыя
Bikol
Dilis
Brazilian Portuguese
Engraulidae
Breton
Genougamm
Bulgarian
Хамсиеви · аншоа
Cantonese
鯷魚
Catalan
Engràulid · Engràulids · Engraulidae
cdo
Dĭng-hiŏng-kó̤
Cebuano
Engraulidae
Central Dusun
Bilis
Chinese
鳀科 · 鮆科 · 鯷 · 丁香鱼
Cornish
Lavyn
Czech
sardelovití
Danish
Ansjoser
Egyptian Arabic
بلميه
Esperanto
Engraulidae
Estonian
anšoovislased · Engraulidae
Extremaduran
Engraulidae
Filipino
Dilis
Finnish
sardellit · Engraulidae
Galician
Engráulidos
Georgian
ქაფშიასებრნი
Hungarian
szardellafélék · Engraulidae
Ido
Anchovo
Indonesian
Teri · Ikan teri · Anchovy
Interlingua
Engraulidae
Interlingue
Engraulidae
Irish
ainseabhaí
Japanese
カタクチイワシ科 · アンチョビー · アンチョビ
Javanese
Iwak teri
Kazakh
Анчоус
Kazakh (Arabic)
انتشوۋس
Kazakh (China)
انتشوۋس
Kazakh (Cyrillic)
Анчоус
Kazakh (Kazakhstan)
Анчоус
Kazakh (Latin)
Ançows
Kazakh (Türkiye)
Ançows
Korean
멸치과 · 멸치류
Kyrgyz
Анчоус сымалдуулар
Ladino
Anchúya
Latin
Engraulidae
Ligurian
Anciùa
Lithuanian
Ančiuvinės · Ančiuvinės žuvys · Engraulidae
Macedonian
сардели
Madurese
kénduy
Malagasy
Tove
Malay
Ikan bilis
Malayalam
നത്തോലി
Norwegian Bokmål
ansjosfamilien · Ansjos · Engraulidae
Norwegian Nynorsk
ansjos
Occitan
Engraulidae
Quechua
Chuqi challwa · Engraulidae
Romanian
Engraulidae · anșoa · anceauș · hamsie
Serbian
сарделе · sardele
Simplified Chinese
鳀科
Simplified Chinese (China)
鳀科
Simplified Chinese (Singapore)
鳀科
Slovenian
sardele · Engraulidae
Sundanese
Teri
Swedish
Ansjovis · Engraulididae · Engraulidae
Tamil
நெத்திலி
Thai
วงศ์ปลาแมว · ปลาแอนโชวี · Engraulidae
Traditional Chinese
鯷科
Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)
鯷科
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
鯷科
Ukrainian
Анчоусові · Engraulidae
Uzbek
Anchovy
Vietnamese
Họ Cá trổng · Họ Cá cơm · Cá cơm · Engraulidae
Volapük
Engraulidae
Waray
Engraulidae
Western Mari
Engraulidae
Wu Chinese
鳀科

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q192662

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