Gochujang

Gochujang is a condiment sauce sold as a paste, made with glutinous rice and table salt. Cooks use it in marinades and stews, and for seasoning.

Gluten depends on the product
May contain wheat
May contain gluten cereals

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Condiments & seasonings
Dishes: 1 in the catalogue

Photo: lazy fri13th · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use gochujang

Typical ways to cook or use it

Marinade
Season
Stew

Made from

glutinous rice
table salt
wheat (sometimes)
jujube (sometimes)
pumpkin (sometimes)
sweet potato (sometimes)
sugar (sometimes)
honey (sometimes)

Shopping

Choosing and storing gochujang

Sold as: Paste

Around the world

Where gochujang is cooked

1 dish in the catalogue uses gochujang. Here is where they come from.

Origins

The 1300s · South Korea
Sunchang gochujang became part of Korean palace cuisine under Yi Seong-gye.
The 1970s
Home production declined as commercially made gochujang reached the mass market.

On the table

Dishes made with gochujang

1 dish in the catalogue uses it.

Bibimbap

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include gochujang.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: gochujang in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Allergens: Sometimes wheat (only when the optional ingredient is used)Sometimes gluten cereals (only when the optional ingredient is used)
Gluten: Depends on the product (only when the optional ingredient is used)

Around the world

What gochujang is called

Names in 33 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
Gochujang
French
Gochujang · Kochujang · Koch’ujang
Italian
Gochujang
Portuguese
gochujang
German
Gochujang
Dutch
Gochujang
Greek
Γκοτσουγιάνγκ · Gochujang
Turkish
Gochujang
Russian
кочхуджан · кочучжан · кочудян · кочуджан
Polish
Gochujang
Arabic
غوتشوجانغ
Persian
گوچوجانگ

Show all 33 languages

Cantonese
韓式辣醬
Catalan
Gochujang
Chinese
苦椒醬
Czech
Kočchudžang · Kočuzang
Danish
Gochujang
Esperanto
korea kapsiketa kondimento
Filipino
Gochujang
Finnish
Gochujang
Galician
Gochujang
Hungarian
kocshudzsang · 고추장
Indonesian
Gochujang
Japanese
コチュジャン · 苦椒醤 · 苦椒醬 · コチジャン
Javanese
Gochujang
Kazakh
Кочхуджан
Korean
고추장
Malay
Gochujang
Norwegian Bokmål
Gokchujang
Simplified Chinese
苦椒酱
Swedish
Gochujang
Thai
โคชูจัง · โกซูจัง
Traditional Chinese
苦椒醬
Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)
苦椒醬
Ukrainian
Кочхуджан
Vietnamese
Koch'uchang · Gochujang

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos
Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wikidata item: Q699637

Photos