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Dried fish

Dried fish is fish that has been dried to preserve it. Cooks can pair it with butter.

  • Fish
  • Allergen: fish

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

Made from
Fish
Cooked most in
Asia
Top country
Indonesia
Dried fish, whole

Photo: Basile Morin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use dried fish

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Preserve

Preparing it

Soak stockfish for several days to soften it. Soak salt cod to reduce its saltiness.

Goes well with

On the table

Dishes made with dried fish

1 dish in the catalogue uses it.

  • Buntil

    Indonesia

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

Good to know

Diet and allergens: dried fish 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: fish
Animal origin
From: fishChecked and not found: egg, meat, dairy, honey, insect, poultry, shellfish, other animal.
Caffeine
None

Family

Related forms

Made from
fish (dried)

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What dried fish is called

Names in 42 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    pescado seco

  • Italian

    pesce essiccato

  • Portuguese

    peixe seco

  • German

    Trockenfisch · Getrockneter Fisch

  • Dutch

    gedroogde vis

  • Greek

    αποξηραμένο ψάρι

  • Turkish

    Kurutulmuş balık

  • Russian

    сушёная рыба

  • Arabic

    سمك مجفف

  • Persian

    ماهی خشک

  • Bangla

    শুঁটকি মাছ

  • Tamil

    கருவாடு · உப்புக் கருவாடு

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  • Armenian

    չորացրած ձուկ

  • Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)

    сушаная рыба

  • Bikol

    alang na sirâ

  • Bulgarian

    чироз

  • Burmese

    ငါးခြောက်

  • Cantonese

    魚乾

  • Catalan

    peix assecat

  • Chinese

    魚乾

  • Cree

    ᓇᒣᔅᑧᑭᐌ

  • Czech

    sušená ryba

  • Esperanto

    sekigita fiŝo

  • Finnish

    kapakala

  • Hungarian

    szárított hal · tőkehal (gyűjtőnév) · tőkehal

  • Icelandic

    skreið

  • Indonesian

    ikan kering

  • Japanese

    干し魚

  • Javanese

    iwak garing

  • Korean

    마른 생선

  • Malay

    ikan kering

  • Malayalam

    ഉണക്കമീൻ

  • mnw

    ကကှ်ကှ်

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    tørka fisk

  • rki

    အာဗြဲငါးခြောက်

  • Romanian

    batog

  • Slovenian

    suha riba

  • Tulu

    ನುಂಗೆಲ್ ಮೀನ್

  • Ukrainian

    сушена риба

  • Vietnamese

    cá sấy khô

  • Waray

    bulad

  • Wu Chinese

    鱼干

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: Q5307391

Photos

Photo: Basile Morin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons