In Korean culture, it’s considered polite to tell your hosts that you’re looking forward to the meal by saying, “Jalmukesumneda” (I will eat well). This is something you’ll be able to say honestly as you smell this barbeque on your favorite meat dishes. This is a common blend in Korean cooking and balances salty, sweet, spicy, bitter, and savory flavors.

Cooking Notes

• Comes in a 2 oz package
• Excellent on banchan, jjigae, and kimchi.
• Mix some of this blend into some rice to add a gingery zip to this basic grain.
• Blend with soy sauce to make a marinade for beef, pork, seafood, tofu, or vegetables.
• Can be made into a dipping sauce called Ssamjang.
• Ingredients: granulated brown sugar, soy sauce powder (non-GMO, fermented soy sauce (soybean, wheat), maltodextrin, salt), sesame seeds, garlic, onion, chiles, spices, and citric acid. Contains: Soy, wheat, sesame.