Eoran

{{Short description|Salted fish roe in Korean cuisine}} {{Italic title}}

'''''Eoran''''' ({{Korean|hangul=어란|hanja=魚卵}}) is fish roe such as mullet- or croaker-roe that is marinated in soy sauce while still in the ovary and then half-dried in the sun.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Contents/Index?contents_id=E0035917|title=Eoran(어란)|last=윤|first=서석|website=Encyclopedia of Korean Culture|access-date=April 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Yeongam Mullet Bottarga |url=https://www.fondazioneslowfood.com/en/ark-of-taste-slow-food/yeongam-mullet-bottarga/ |website=Ark of taste |publisher=Slow Food Foundation |access-date=2025-08-12}}</ref> It is considered a delicacy in Korean cuisine.<ref name="Kim">{{Cite book |last=Kim |first=Jin Kyung |editor-last=McWilliams |editor-first=Mark |title=Wrapped & Stuffed Foods: Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 2012 |date=2013 |publisher=Prospect Books |isbn=978-1-903018-99-6 |page=232 |accessdate=3 September 2018 |language=en |chapter=From Lettuce to Fish Skin: Koreans' Appetite for Wrapped and Stuffed Foods |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MD0QDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT231}}</ref>

== Pictures == <gallery> File:Making eoran 1.png|Marinating ''eoran'' in soy sauce seasoning File:Drying eoran 2.png|Drying ''eoran'', during which it is brushed with sesame oil File:Eoran.png|Yeongam ''eoran'' File:Eoran 2.png|Sliced ''eoran'' </gallery>

== See also == * Bottarga * Karasumi

== References == {{reflist}}

{{Dried fish and seafood}} {{Roe}} {{Fishing industry topics}}

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Category:Korean cuisine Category:Roe dishes Category:Ark of Taste foods