noun
dried sea slug
Refers to sea cucumber that has been dried, often used in Chinese cuisine or traditional medicine.
煎海鼠は中華料理の高級食材として使われる。
Dried sea slug is used as a high-class ingredient in Chinese cuisine.
Variant kanji spelling; less common.
The reading いりこ is derived from 煎る (iru, 'to roast/dry') + 海鼠 (namako, 'sea cucumber'), referring to the dried preparation. The kanji spellings are ateji or direct semantic representations.