Yak-gejeot (Seasoned Soy-Marinated Crab)

Origin: Yeongyang, Gyeongsang, Korea

Source: Jang Gye-hyang (장계향), 1670

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. For ~50 crabs, combine 2 doe whole-bean soy sauce and 1 doe sesame oil with ginger, black pepper and cheoncho (Sichuan pepper).
  2. Boil the marinade down salty and cool it.
  3. Wash the crabs and starve them two days.
  4. Soak the crabs in the sauce until ripe, then use.

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