Po (food)

Po
Hanu-yukpo (dried Korean beef)
TypeDried meat or fish
Place of originKorea
Associated cuisineKorean cuisine
Similar dishesJerky
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised Romanizationpo
McCune–Reischauerp'o
IPA[pʰo]

Po (Korean: ) is thin strips or sheets of dried meat and fish used in Korean cuisine.[1] Po, which is made from meats including beef, pork, venison and poultry; and seafoods including whitefish, eel, squid, octopus, shrimp and crab; is eaten as snack food, banchan (food accompanying bap) or anju (food accompanying sul).[1][2] Po is prepared for traditional occasions such as pyebaek (formal greetings from the newlyweds after the wedding ceremony) and jesa (ancestral rite).[3][4]

  1. ^ a b Korean Food Guide 800. Seoul: The Korea Foundation. 2014. ISBN 978-89-89782-10-0. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  2. ^ Pettid, Michael J. (2008). Korean Cuisine: An Illustrated History. London: Reaktion Books. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-86189-348-2. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  3. ^ Park, Ji-Hyoung; Lee, Kyung-Hee (2005). "Quality Characteristics of Beef Jerky made with Beef meat of various Places of Origin". Korean Journal of Food and Cookery Science. 21 (4): 528–535. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  4. ^ Lee, Chang Hyeon; Kim, Young (2018). "Jongka, the traditional Korean family: Exploring jongka food in the context of Korean food categories". Journal of Ethnic Foods. 5 (1): 40–53. doi:10.1016/j.jef.2018.02.006.