Korean Ingredients

Unfortunately, most commercial Gochujang are poor quality imitations of a real Korean traditional red pepper paste. Their main ingredients are commonly sugar (most often corn syrup) and flour rather than rice starch syrup and rice flour. Their red pepper powder composition is also much too low at 12% or less when it would be at … Read more

Gochujang is a red, spicy paste made from powdered Korean red chili peppers, mixed with Meju (fermented whole soybeans) powder, sweet rice powder, malt syrup and salt in its simplest form. It combines the heat of flavourful Korean chili peppers with the deep, umami of Meju and adds a subtle sweetness from starch syrup. It … Read more

Korean brands of soy sauces commonly found are: Sempio, Chung Jung One, Monggo, Haepyo and Assi. Sempio (1946) sempio soy sauce Need help choosing a Sempio soy sauce? Read The Best Sempio Soy Sauce to Buy. other sempio products Other products from Sempio: Basic seasoning ingredients (vinegar, liquid sugars, oils, salt), canned foods, ready-to-eat packaged … Read more

The best Korean soy sauce to buy from Sempio is the only one you may need for all your Korean cooking needs at home. The Joseon Ganjang is a traditional Korean soy sauce and Sempio’s Yangjo Ganjang 501 or 701 are all-purpose soy sauces that will work with any recipe. SEMPIO Soy Sauce Ingredients Joseon … Read more

Sempio is Korea’s oldest soy sauce manufacturer and most trusted brand. Most Koreans know by now just how bad some of their soy sauces are. But does everybody? Because everybody should have the choice whether or not they want chemical soy sauce in their homes. Not trust a company blindly and believe their marketing bullsh-t … Read more

“Yondu is a calorie-free, all-natural liquid seasoning” made by the Korean soy sauce company Sempio. With over 60 years experience fermenting soybeans for soy sauce, they’ve taken their expertise to create a flavour-enhancing product that is completely free of added MSG. How do you use Yondu seasoning? Yondu seasoning is used to emphasize the umami … Read more

What is Ganjang in Korean? Pronounced “Gahn-Jahng”. Extend the “A”s to sound like when you say “Ahh”. Ganjang refers to Soy Sauce in Korean. The literal translation is two words put together: Gan translates to seasoning and Jang translates to a salted, fermented condiment. Therefore, we can understand that Gan-Jang is a salted, fermented condiment … Read more

Korean food has become famous for Korean BBQ with its over-indulgence of meat. This may lead some to believe the entire country has a serious obsession with meat. Well, they do. But not the entire population. There have always been those who led a vegetarian or pescatarian lifestyle by choice and now, there is a … Read more

What is Korean Soju? Korean SOJU is a clear distilled alcohol traditionally made from rice, wheat or barley. It can be rather tame with a 16% alcohol content to a whopping 53%. It is clear and without colour, most often compared to vodka. History shows Soju has been around since the 13th century. Although it … Read more

DO KOREAN INGREDIENTS GO BAD? With the exception of Korean Salted Shrimp, all Korean cooking ingredients can be stored in a cool, dark place like the kitchen cupboard. However, because most of us purchase factory-made products, it is safer to follow manufacturer recommendations and store them in the fridge. Natural, homemade products may continue to … Read more