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Dried cod

Dried cod is preserved cod commonly rehydrated or cooked in soups, stews, and other savory dishes.

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About Dried cod

Dried cod is cod flesh preserved by removing moisture, commonly sold as whole fish, split fish, fillets, or strips. It is a shelf-stable ingredient that is usually soaked before cooking. Skin, bones, cut, and salt treatment vary among products and affect how it is prepared.

It has a concentrated marine flavour and a firm, dry texture. Salted versions are notably savoury and require desalting, while unsalted versions express the fish’s flavour more directly. After soaking and simmering, the flesh becomes tender, flaky, or pleasantly chewy and can be used in soups, stews, casseroles, and sauces.

Before preparation, dried cod may be pale and firm or darker and leathery, with a hard texture. It may be sold whole, split, as fillets, or in strips. Trimming, soaking, desalting, and simmering soften the fish and determine whether it remains in pieces or breaks into flakes.

Ingredient type
whole food

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dried cod

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Dried cod nutrition & diet

Dried cod nutritional value

Reference: Pacific cod, Dried, Strip

Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.

Calories
312kcal
Protein
65.4g
Carbs
1.8g
Fat
3.0g

Official national food-composition reference. The displayed food form is part of the estimate; cultivar, recipe, brand, processing and preparation can change values.

Portions & preparation

Use the dried cod portion as sold or the rehydrated, drained edible portion specified by the reference. Establish whether skin, bones, and salt remain, and record soaking or boiling. Broth, oil, dairy, or other ingredients added during preparation should not be attributed to plain dried cod.

Compare the right form: Match references to dried cod of the same preservation style and edible portion, or separately to soaked, cooked, and drained cod.

Diet considerations

Dried cod is animal-derived fish. Compatibility changes with salting, smoking, coatings, broth, dairy, or sauces, and with cereal ingredients in the finished dish. The fish itself is not equivalent to a complete meal; potatoes, rice, bread, noodles, or other starchy accompaniments create different carbohydrate patterns.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Typically incompatible
  • Vegetarian
    Typically incompatible
  • Pescatarian
    Typically compatible
  • Keto
    May be compatible
  • Paleo
    May be compatible
  • Low-carb
    May be compatible
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Typically incompatible
The ingredient profile identifies an animal-derived food or derivative.
Vegetarian · Typically incompatible
The profile identifies animal flesh, seafood or a derivative excluded by a vegetarian diet.
Pescatarian · Typically compatible
Seafood fits this pescatarian definition. Added meat-based stock or other ingredients would need checking separately.
Keto · May be compatible
The plain form may fit a carbohydrate-restricted diet. Check the portion, added sugar, coatings and sauces against the nutrition values above.
Paleo · May be compatible
May fit a paleo pattern, depending on the cut or form, processing and added ingredients.
Low-carb · May be compatible
The plain form may fit a carbohydrate-restricted diet. Check the portion, added sugar, coatings and sauces against the nutrition values above.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Korean Standard Food Composition Database 10.4 (2026) — K044000D561a ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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