Fish

🇰🇷South Korea

Hoedeopbap

회덮밥

Hoedeopbap is made with raw fish over rice with vegetables and gochujang.

🇳🇱Netherlands

Hollandse Nieuwe

Haring

Raw herring typically served with onions and pickles, Hollandse Nieuwe is the seasonal young herring with at least 16% fat.

🇰🇷South Jeolla, South Korea

Hongeojjim (Steamed Skate Fish)

홍어찜

Hongeojjim, skate fermented until it reeks of ammonia and eaten with pork and kimchi, is one of the most singular foods in Asia and a genuine Jeolla institution.

🇨🇩DR Congo

Horse Mackerel

Thomson

Horse mackerel, a common fish in Congolese cuisine; listed in Wikipedia's Congolese cuisine; a small, oily fish that is fried, grilled, or stewed; an affordable source of protein; often sold canned or fresh at markets; a staple fish for many Congolese families; the horse mackerel of the Congo; found at every market and restaurant.

🇲🇽Veracruz, Mexico

Huachinango a la Veracruzana

Whole red snapper baked in a Veracruz-style sauce of tomato, onion, olives, capers, and herbs.

🇮🇸Westfjords, Iceland

Hákarl

Kæstur hákarl

Iceland's fermented Greenland shark, cured underground for months, a Þorrablót and cultural icon.

🇳🇷Nauru

Ibija

National fish of Nauru; traditionally farmed in Buada Lagoon and coastal ponds for hundreds of years; juveniles collected from intertidal reefs and acclimated to freshwater; harvested for special occasions; women adorned themselves with scales for dancing; the oldest aquaculture tradition in the Pacific; farming declined due to tilapia introduction in 1961.

🇪🇸Balearic Islands, Spain

Ibizan Fish Boil

Bullit de peix

Bullit de peix is a Balearic fish dish in which fish and potatoes are boiled with herbs, followed by broth or rice.

🇪🇸Balearic Islands, Spain

Ibizan Fish Stew

Guisat de peix

Guisat de peix is a Balearic fish and seafood stew with potatoes, tomato, garlic, and saffron.

🇨🇰Cook Islands

Ika Mata

Raw Fish

The national dish of the Cook Islands; raw white fish (tuna or mahi-mahi) marinated in lime juice, then mixed with fresh coconut cream, diced tomato, red onion, capsicum, spring onion, ginger, and coriander; a refreshing, creamy Polynesian ceviche.

🇫🇯Fiji

Ika Vakalolo

Whole fish or fillets simmered in coconut milk with onion, chilli and lime until the cream thickens around them.

🇯🇵Japan

Ikura

いくら

Salt-cured or soy-marinated salmon roe, prized for its bursting, briny pearls.

🇲🇷Northern Mauritania (Nouadhibou / Tiris Zemmour), Mauritania

Imraguen Women's Mullet Bottarga

Poutargue Imraguen

Salt-cured mullet roe produced by Imraguen women on the Banc d'Arguin coast; the roe pouches are extracted from golden mullet, salted, pressed, and sun-dried for weeks; a traditional coastal delicacy undergoing GI registration; one of the few preserved-fish traditions of the Atlantic Sahara.

🇸🇪Sweden

Inkokt Lax

Poached salmon in dill broth, a delicate home preparation.

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates

Jasheed

جشيد

Spiced fish and rice, traditionally with baby shark, now often emperor fish, minced fish with spices, well-spiced fish with proper rice texture, a traditional Emirati seafood specialty, coastal heritage.

🇬🇧London, United Kingdom

Jellied Eels

Chopped freshwater eel poached with vinegar and spices, then chilled so its own stock sets to a savoury jelly around it.

🇰🇷Jeolla, South Korea

Jeolla Hoe

전라도 회

Raw fish from the Jeolla coast, cut thick and served with sesame leaves and gochujang.

🇹🇳Tunisia

Kabkabou

قبقابو

Fish baked with preserved lemon, capers, olives and tomato in a shallow dish until the sauce reduces around it.

🇹🇭Thailand

Kaeng som (Sour Spicy Fish Curry)

แกงส้ม

Kaeng som, the sour orange curry built on tamarind and shrimp paste without coconut, is one of Thailand's four canonical curry identities.

🇹🇭Southern Thailand, Thailand

Kaeng tai pla (Thai Fish Entrails Sour Curry)

แกงไตปลา

Kaeng tai pla, the Southern curry built on fermented fish entrails, is a singular regional dish and a real collectible for adventurous eaters.

🇮🇸Iceland

Kaest Skata

Kæst skata

Fermented skate, a pungent Þorrabló delicacy tied to the Westfjords.

🇸🇩Sudan

Kajaik

Nile fish dried and pounded, then cooked with okra and onion into a pungent stew from the south and the White Nile.

🇰🇵North Korea

Kajami Shik'ae

가자미식해

A fermented and salted flounder dish from North Korea; the fish is salted and fermented with quinoa, garlic, ginger, and chili flakes; a pungent, umami-rich preparation that preserves fish for long periods; a traditional North Korean food listed in Wikipedia's North Korean cuisine article.

🇯🇵Japan

Kamaboko

かまぼこ

Kamaboko, the steamed fish cake with its pink-edged loaf and its Odawara and Sendai producers, is a named Japanese product bought as itself and a fixed osechi component.

🇲🇼Malawi

Kambuzi

Small, colourful haplochromine cichlids from Lake Malawi that now make up the bulk of many inshore catches; usually sun-dried, fried, or used to enrich relishes.

🇲🇼Malawi

Kampango

A large predatory catfish (Bagrus meridionalis) from Lake Malawi, now critically endangered but highly prized; fillets are deep-fried or barbecued and served on special occasions.

🇲🇼Malawi

Kapenta

Matemba

Small freshwater sardines netted at night on Lake Kariba under lamps, sun-dried on racks and then fried with tomato and onion.

🇮🇳Kerala, India

Karimeen Pollichathu

കരിമീൻ പൊളിച്ചത്

A Kerala specialty of pearl spot fish marinated, wrapped in banana leaf, and pan-fried. It is aromatic and smoky.

🇵🇱Poland

Karp Wigilijny

Christmas carp.

🇯🇵Japan

Katsuo no Tataki

鰹のタタキ

Skipjack tuna lightly seared over straw, sliced and served with ponzu, garlic, and shiso.

🇯🇵Japan

Katsuobushi

鰹節

Dried, fermented, and smoked skipjack tuna, shaved into flakes for dashi and toppings.

🇯🇵Japan

Kazunoko

数の子

Kazunoko, herring roe cured whole and eaten for its crunch, is a named osechi component with a fixed New Year meaning.

🇹🇳Tunisia

Kerkennaise

A fish specialty of the Kerkennah Islands: fish simmered in a tomato and herb sauce.

🇲🇾Terengganu, Malaysia

Keropok Lekor

Fish crackers from Terengganu.

🇺🇸Alaska, United States

King Salmon Strips

An Alaska Native and commercial-fishery snack: strips of king salmon cured and smoked or dried.

🇵🇭Philippines

Kinilaw

Kinilaw is Filipino raw fish or seafood cured in vinegar and calamansi with ginger, onion, chili, and coconut or other local aromatics.