It can be eaten raw with Korean spicy soy paste, chopped and mix with vegetable garnishment, fried, or hard-boiled. After cutting the head, disemboweling, wiping the moisture, weeding out bones, only the lean meat has to be sliced thin. The dish is served with garlic, green pepper, sauce, lettuce, etc. Both types are all used for sashimi but can be fried, and making it steamed or Maewuntang creates another delicate flavor. Catfish Maewuntang Catfish contains the high quality of protein, calcium oxide, phosphorous, iron, etc.
People eat the catfish soup to alleviate swelling and dropsy for traditional home remedy.
Some catfish have a poisonous sting, which is good for the symptom of intense thirst. Catfish can be prepared steamed, stewed, or Maewuntang. To make the ginseng catfish Maewuntang, first clean the inside stuff and boil with potato, green onion, green pepper, Chinese herbs like ginseng, dates, herbal pepper, licorice root, freshwater prawn, flour balls, and sauce.