Korean cooking for total noobs.
How do you shred green onions? Shredded green onions or green onion ribbons are frequently used in Korean (as well as Japanese and Chinese) cooking as garnish or used with a dressing. Although you can simply use a knife, there are special tools referred to as a green onion shredding knife especially for this purpose. … Read more
The best Korean Doenjang will contain little else other than whole soybeans, water and salt. It will have gone through a period of fermentation that unlocks the powerful health benefits of fermented foods. This is a difficult feat for large food companies to achieve because it is the antithesis of efficient production which depends on … Read more
Doenjang is a staple Korean seasoning paste made from fermented soybean blocks which are fermented in brine. Homemade Doenjang only requires water, soybeans, salt and time. Initial fermentation lasts 2-3 months but can continue for years. The resulting brine then becomes soy sauce. Traditional Doenjang is naturally Gluten-Free. What does Doenjang look like? It can … Read more
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