Pantry guide
Best Gochugaru for home cooking
What Gochugaru is for, which kitchens use it, and where to find a jar worth cooking with.
Why cooks start here
The red snow of a Korean kitchen: kimchi, jjigae, and a heat that tastes like fruit before it tastes like fire.
Buy coarse for kimchi, finer for a marinade. Bloom in a little oil or soup. If it is brick-brown and smells like dust, it is old. Fresh gochugaru is crimson.
A teaspoon in a cucumber salad is already a banchan. Do not swap in generic chile flakes unless you want a different country in the bowl.
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