Monday, September 19, 2011

Ssamjang

Ssam means "wrapped" and jang means "paste" or "thick sauce." Together as ssamjang they mean "wrapping sauce.
Ssamjang is a thick, spicy paste used with food wrapped in a leaf in Koren Cuisine . The sauce is made of doenjang, gochujang, seasame oil, onion, garlic, green onion, and optionally brown sugar.Ssamjang is usually eaten with a ssam of grilled meat. One typically puts a leaf of sangchu or perilla on an open hand, places the main components of the meal (grilled meat such as galbi or samgyeopsal, kimchi and other banchan, rice if desired) in bite-sizes in the center, tops it off with ssamjang, wraps the leaf around the entire contents, and then eats the wrapped ssam.

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