JOOKJANGYEON Premium Gochujang (Red Chili Paste) 150 g

Description

This vegan Korean chili paste is great as a sauce for key Korean dishes like bibimbap and bibim noodles, or as a foundational ingredient for stews and soups that provide excellent spicy umami that comes from natural ingredients and a long fermentation process. Also a great addition to fusion dishes that add a mysterious latent spiciness, with lingering sweet notes in the back of the palate (tested with fusion tacos, bolognese sauce, and as a glaze for hearty roasted vegetables - excellent umami!).

Starting with a selection of the best natural ingredients, Jookjangyeon Gochujang blends two types of Korean chili pepper flakes to get that balanced spicy sweetness. Natural sweetness is added from handmade rice malt syrup and sweet rice. No added sugar. The salt used for Jookjangyeon products is a special sun-dried sea salt that has gone through a natural three years bitter-removal process; not only does this process remove bitterness, it also purifies the sea salt. No more than 4 ingredients go into the artisanal earthen pots to ferment for a minimum of 1,000 days to produce a clean and spicy gochujang. 

Brand Story

Jookjangyeon, Korea's most recognized gochujang artisan brand, is located in Jookjang-ri, a valley on the eastern seaside of Korea. The valley is perfect for a doenjang and gochujang farm as it’s bathed in warm sunshine from sunrise to sunset. Every ingredient that goes into producing this doenjang and gochujang is natural and organic. From the soybeans, red chili peppers, to the sweet syrup made from sweet rice are sourced from local farms and made by the artisanal makers of Jookjangyeon. Ingredients are farmed during the warm seasons, then harvested and fermented over the winter in handmade earthen pots made by artisan potters. Thoughtfully made with time and the best ingredients by our family for yours.