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Video of San-nakji. San-nakji (Korean: 산낙지) is a variety of hoe (raw dish) made with long arm octopus (Octopus minor), a small octopus species called nakji in Korean and is sometimes translated into "baby octopus" due to its relatively small size compared to the giant octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini). [1]
Nakji bokkeum, and other Korean dishes featuring octopus, are traditionally believed to be good for stamina, strength, and mental acumen. Nakji bokkeum is commonly served atop a bed of steamed rice and/or bean sprouts and topped with sesame seeds.
In Korea, some small species are sometimes eaten raw as a novelty food. A raw octopus is usually sliced up, seasoned quickly with salt and sesame seeds and eaten while still squirming posthumously. Nakji bokkeum is another popular dish in Korea. It is a type of stir-fried food made with chopped octopus.
An 82-year-old man in South Korea had a heart attack after choking on a piece of “live octopus,” or san-nakji, a local delicacy comprised of freshly severed – and still wriggling – tentacles.
Korea San-nakji: Sannakji is a type of hoe, or raw dish, in Korea. It consists of usually dead but seemingly alive Octopus minor (nakji, sometimes translated as "baby octopus" due to the species' small size), cut into small pieces and immediately served, with a light sesame oil seasoning. The dish is eaten while the pieces are still squirming ...
In Korea, San-nakji is the preparation of live octopus that has been cut into small pieces or prepared whole, and served with its arms still squirming. [3] The octopus from which the tentacles are cut is usually dead by the time of serving; however, the animal's highly innervated limbs continue to writhe due to continuing nerve activity. [14]
Hoe (Korean: 회; pronounced) is a Korean seafood dish that is eaten by trimming raw meat or raw fish.In addition to fish, it is also made with other marine products such as shrimp and squid, raw meat of land animals, and vegetable ingredients, but without any special prefix, it mainly refers to raw fish.
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