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Avocado Salsa
Genevieve Ko
335 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
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10 minutes
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In a small bowl or liquid measuring cup, whisk the ketchup, gochujang, rice vinegar, maple syrup, strawberry jam, soy sauce and garlic until well combined. Season to taste with pepper.
Use immediately or refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 1 week. This is great as a dipping sauce for any kind of chicken, especially fried, but also brushed over a whole bird after it’s been roasted. Or toss it with crispy tofu or stir-fried vegetables in the last few seconds of cooking.
Made this yesterday and used it as a marinate for boneless chicken tenders, which I grilled. Boiled the reserved sauce to kill any bacteria from the chicken, and served it over the beautifully grilled meat. Delicious!
i see what you're trying to say, but i don't feel this really gives an accurate mental image to someone who might be unfamiliar. gochujang is a very thick fermented korean pepper paste that is spicy, salty, sweet, and savory and is mainly comprised of korean chili peppers (gochugaru) and glutinous rice. (different brands offer & result in different heat levels as well.)
As I first commented, I did use this last night as a marinade for broiled salmon. Despite the maple syrup in the recipe, the glaze did not burn as it broiled. I spooned on more sauce during the final few seconds. It was delicious, and not nearly as fiery hot as a taste-test of the prepared sauce seemed. My husband thought I should cut back on the ketchup, so I’ll do that next time and add a touch more gochujang. Will make that adjustment to the sauce that’s currently left over.
You may be able to find strawberry jam at your local supermarket. Check in the jam section.
I have two types of gochujang at home, Haechandle and Wang, and neither have any added MSG. I think the wheat flour in it is fermented, which may produce a type of glutamate. Also the Wang contains hydrolyzed vegetable protein the Haechandle contains soy, which if fermented would produce glutamates.
I am sure this is delicious, but this is more of a fusion version of yangnyeom. Yangnyeom in Korean refers to seasoning, and yangnyeom jang refers to soy-sauce based seasoning/dipping sauce. Traditional varieties do not use non-Korean ingredients like maple syrup, strawberry jam, and ketchup, so the taste is less sweet, which I prefer. (More traditional versions may use honey or rice syrup instead.)
I made this last night and brushed it over grilled pork chops — and it was really delicious. We didn’t have gochujang on hand, so I subbed a tablespoon each of sriracha and miso, which worked well. (But yes, I have gochujang on the grocery list for next time.)
RE: Gochujang Substitute: pickledplum.com/quick-homemade-gochujang-korean-chili-paste/ In this recipe: For red miso paste, you can substitute red Chinese fermented bean paste, which should be readily available in the UK. For the gochugaru, substitute a mild-to-medium-hot chili powder/flakes, such as Kashmiri chili, routinely available in Indian/Pakistani grocery stores.
The only unusual ingredient here is gochujang, and I think this recipe makes a good case for getting some.
I had all ingredients on hand except for the strawberry jam, so I substituted fig preserves. Very satisfied with the result.
I made this today, leaving out the strawberry jam, which was the only ingredient I didn’t have on hand. After air-frying some Brussels sprouts in a tiny bit of sesame oil, I used this sauce to coat them - absolutely delicious!
If you enjoy the flavors of this sauce (as I do) then you may also enjoy this recipe for Spicy Korean Temple Noodles from Jeong Kwan adapted by Florence Fabricant. It is also delicious and was my first experience with fruit jam / syrup used in a Korean dish made at home that 'opened my taste buds' to trying others like this one. https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017290-spicy-korean-temple-noodles?action=click&module=RecipeBox&pgType=recipebox-page®ion=all&rank=69
Bob, you ask: "Is this wonderful-sounding sauce only for chicken? Are there any fish or meats it will work with?" This also works well with shrimp, pork tenderloin, grilled veg like onions...I'm experimenting with all kinds of things since one protein I seldom eat is chicken.
You realize that foods that may be unusual to you are staples for millions of people from other parts of the world?
The soybean paste used in Korea is called doenjang. Miso is Japanese soybean paste.
Good! Top end of dads heat level
Meh. It's certainly not bad, but it's really just doctored ketchup - one dimensional, as the gochujang, soy, vinegar, and berry jam get drowned. After tasting, I essentially doubled everything else but the ketchup, and it was fine. Nothing special.
Awful. I dumped it in the garbage after a couple weeks of hoping to find something that it tasted good with. It is exactly what the ingredient list says: ketchup with raw garlic, plus soy sauce and some other Asian seasonings. Yuck.
I made this for an Eric Kim, Korean American themed Thanksgiving and sauced the turkey in it. It was INCREDIBLE. This is my forever barbecue sauce!
Add grated ginger
Delicious, Halved the amount of ketchup (mostly because I didn’t want it to be ketchup forward), and it was so delicious! I found 3 cloves of minced garlic was enough.
Appreciate if you can share if the gochujang is in paste form or liquid form, as I see both in TJ's. It very well could make a difference in the recipe outcome. Thanks!
I removed 1 T of maple syrup Bec diabetes. Then used ssamjang to make up the gochujang requirement as was at the end of my stores. Made this Bec we had left over fried kchicken and reg fried chicken. After mixing ingredients, I warmed it up and tossed (microwaved heated )chook in. So good. Wish I had rice to sop up the rest of the sauce in the pan.
Used as a marinade for tofu and thought it was super tasty! It was honestly good as is over colsld tofu.
you can buy gochujang on amazon now.. no need to get creative to make one yourself. i tried the gochujang on amazon, new brand but it was made it korea. my mom actually preferred amazon one to almost all of the korean brands she's tried so far.
Re: 2 tablespoons gochujang. Does this refer to a sauce or a powder? (I have only seen gochujang sauce available in the grocery stores I go to.)
I tossed this into some crispy air fried tofu and then ate them as hand rolls with lettuce and Jasmine rice. So easy and delicious!
I left out 1 tablespoon of maple syrup because I know my own tastes, but did everything else to the letter. It’s good! I’d recently had KFC at a Korean bar near me and this sauce was equally as good, maybe even better!
Made with huckleberry jam because that was all I had and it was excellent. Served with the NYT shrimp beignets recipe.
I used this sauce to finish a chicken and broccoli stir fry. It made an ordinary dish taste special. As good as it was, I also added Chinese spicy peanuts (Huang Fei Hong brand) to give it an extra kick of spice and crunch.
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