🇮🇸 Icelandic Cuisine

Harðfiskur

Dried Fish

Prep Time 5 min
Servings 4
Difficulty Easy

Wind-dried fish, typically cod or haddock, eaten as a high-protein snack spread with butter. A Viking-era staple still beloved today.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Tear the dried fish into bite-sized strips along the natural grain.
  2. 2 Spread a generous amount of cold butter on each strip.
  3. 3 Eat immediately as a snack. The butter softens the chewy texture.

Did You Know?

Harðfiskur contains up to 80% protein by weight, making it one of the most protein-dense whole foods in the world.