Korean Food & Ingredients

Buy Korean food online – order the same Korean ingredients and brands you'd find in a Korean supermarket or Korean grocery. Staple Korean ingredients are all about spice, garlic and fermented flavours. Korean food is based on intensely salted fermented pastes - umami-rich doenjang soybean paste and the sweet-spicy gochuajng red pepper paste. Of all Korean ingredients, kimchi is the most famous – which is a condiment made of spicy fermented vegetables.

Must-have Korean Ingredients

Gochujang - Gochujang is a unique red chilli bean paste made with fermented soybeans, chillies and a mixture of spices. It forms the base of a lot of Korean dishes and is often added to stews or rice - most famously it is used in the sauce for bibimbap Doenjang - Doenjang is like the brother to Gochujang, it’s also made with fermented soybeans but without the chillies. It is sometimes known as the Korean miso - as it adds a saltiness and depth of umami flavour to dishes.Kimchi - Kimchi is a Korean condiment that is made with a range of fermented vegetables. Most families make their own kimchi or you can make it yourself using a fermenting crock.Gochugaru - Not to be confused with gochujang, gochugaru is a red pepper powder that is used to make kimchi. It has fruity-sweet notes with a smoky hot kick.Sesame Oil - Swap your olive oil for sesame oil when cooking Korean food. It’s often used to fry rice dishes, add depth to dipping sauces or as a dressing.

Some of our favourite Korean recipes

Popular Recipes

Cabbage Kimchi Too Slow? Make This Cucumber Kimchi Recipe In No Time

1 hour
Easy
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Easy Dolsot Bibimbap Recipe

1 hour
Intermediate
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Korean Late Summer Menu

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Cabbage Kimchi Too Slow? Make This Cucumber Kimchi Recipe In No Time
- 1 hour
- Easy
- September 2nd, 2014
Everything You Need To Know About Gochujang
by Ellie Edwards
February 11th, 2022
Easy Dolsot Bibimbap Recipe
- 1 hour
- Intermediate
- January 1st, 2020
Korean Late Summer Menu
- Easy
- September 13th, 2022
Everything You Need To Know About Kimchi
by Ellie Edwards
May 3rd, 2022
Korean Pork Kimbap Roll Recipe
- 2 hours
- Difficult
- December 16th, 2019

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