Ssamjang and doenjang are two seasonings that you should keep in your kitchen if you plan to cook a lot of Korean food. They bring some of the same qualities to dishes, along with a few that are unique to each. Learn more about how ssamjang and doenjang compare to …
Toban djan and doubanjiang are two broad bean seasoning pastes made with chili peppers. They are two versions of the same paste, but they are not identical. They are made with the same or similar ingredients but can have different flavors and applications. In this SPICEography Showdown, we will compare …
Toban djan is another term for doubanjiang. This version of doubanjiang is most often associated with the Lee Kum Kee version of Sichuan’s favorite bean paste. Lee Kum Kee is a company from Hong Kong. If you are looking for alternatives, you have multiple options depending on what you are …
Toban djan is a broad bean paste that is effectively the same product as doubanjiang. Other names for the product include chili bean paste. The beans used to make toban djan are sometimes called fava beans. It shares the same history with doubanjiang, which is that it was supposedly invented …
Gochujang and doenjang are two of the sauces that non-Koreans most closely associated with Korean cooking. Their flavors are powerful, pungent, and distinctive. In this SPICEography Showdown, we take a look at what each brings to dishes and how they compare to each other. How does gochujang differ from doenjang? …
Ssamjang and gochujang are two of the most widely known Korean seasoning pastes. They both bring many of the same qualities to dishes but to differing degrees, which means that they are not always interchangeable. To learn more about how ssamjang and gochujang compare, check out the SPICEography Showdown below. …
Gochujang is one of the better-known Korean seasonings and is a key part of many dishes that have become popular outside of Korea. You will need it to create an authentic flavor profile in many classic dishes like dakgalbi and bibimbap. If you are out of it and can’t find …
Gochujang is a spicy Korean seasoning paste/sauce. The ingredients include chili powder, fermented soybeans in the form of meju or meju powder, and sweet rice. The jang in the name indicates that it’s a sauce. Sauces are among the most important elements in Korean cooking. Gochujang was invented because of …