Taegu (Hawaiian dish)

Taegu is a popular side dish in Hawaii related to Korean. It was perhaps introduced to Hawaii by the Koreans in the early 1900s. is often sold next to poke in the seafood counters of grocery stores and Korean specialty shops.
is a Korean term for codfish. While commercial is commonly made with dried cod, most home recipes still use dried shredded cuttlefish as it is more widely familiar and available. is quite similar to the original Korean recipe in terms of ingredients. However, Hawaii recipes generally do not "," or stir-fry, the seafood nor cook the seasonings. Rather all the ingredients are combined and left to marinate.
In contemporary times, the flavor profile and sauce mixture are generically called. It is popularly applied to other dishes such as fresh tuna for " poke", dried tuna for "bonito ", or as a dressing to noodles and even fried chicken.

Preparation

If using dried cod, it is soaked in water before shredding. The cod or dried cuttlefish are cut or shredded into smaller pieces, between a Julienning and List of culinary knife cuts#Strip cuts. They are then combined with,, honey, soy sauce, sesame oil, and sesame seeds and left to marinate from 30 minutes to overnight before serving.