How to pronounce Heotjesatbap

Heotjesatbap is written 헛제삿밥 where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /hʌt̚.tɕe.sat̚.p͈ap̚/. In plain English letters that is HUT-jeh-saht-bahp, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Heotjesatbap?

Heotjesatbap is a rice dish of South Korea. Where it comes from: North Gyeongsang. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner. Its main ingredients are rice, vegetables and fish. It tastes savory.

Where Heotjesatbap comes from

Heotjesatbap is one of 45 signature dishes of South Korea on this map. See all dishes from Andong.

• Andong jjimdak 안동찜닭 · Main dish · North Gyeongsang

  Andong jjimdak is braised chicken from the city of Andong: chicken simmered with glass noodles, potato, carrot, shiitake and other vegetables in a sauce of soy sauce, syrup and sugar, with fiery Cheongyang chillies for heat.

• Andong soju 안동소주 · Drink · North Gyeongsang

  Andong soju is a traditional distilled soju from Andong.

• Andong sikhye 안동식혜 · Drink · North Gyeongsang

  Andong sikhye is a red, spicy rice drink, quite unlike the sweet sikhye found elsewhere in Korea.

• Andong salted mackerel 안동 간고등어 · Main dish · North Gyeongsang

  Andong salted mackerel, gan-godeungeo, is mackerel preserved with salt and then grilled or braised.

• Hwangnam bread 황남빵 · Dessert · North Gyeongsang

  Hwangnam bread, also called Gyeongju bread, is a small round pastry filled with red bean paste, the filling making up nearly seventy per cent of the cake.

• Gwamegi 과메기 · Snack · North Gyeongsang

  Gwamegi is half-dried Pacific herring or saury made in winter on the east coast of North Gyeongsang, around Pohang, Uljin and Yeongdeok.

Food of South Korea

Dishes like Heotjesatbap in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Heotjesatbap:

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• Pastil · Rice dish · Maguindanao, Philippines

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