Gochujang recipes

Hot, sweet, sticky gochujang red pepper paste is an essential ingredient in Korean cooking, adding a spicy, umami kick to all sorts of dishes. Aside from the red pepper flakes that give gochujang its striking crimson colour, the paste also contains soybeans, sticky rice and salt. As gochujang ferments, the starch in the rice becomes sugar, and the soybeans develop umami, much like a miso paste.