Korean Ingredient Glossary

Korean Ingredient Glossary is my effort to catalog as many Korean cooking ingredients as possible (the list will grow over time) to help you on your Korean cooking journey.

Condiments and Sauces

Seasonings and Garnishes

Rice Cakes and Noodles

Grains and Beans

Condiments and Sauces

Easy Homemade Gochujang Recipe

Gochujang

고추장

clear yellowish perilla seed oil in glass gravy boat

Perilla Oil

들기름

salted fermented shrimp saeujeot in small glass bowl

Salted Fermented Shrimps

새우젓

sesame oil in glass gravy boat

Sesame Oil

참기름

jin ganjang in glass gravy boat

Soy Sauce

간장

soybean paste (doenjang) plated as a small mound

Soybean Paste

된장

Seasonings and Garnishes

korean coarse sea salt on small black bowl on wood

Coarse Sea Salt

굵은소금

perilla seeds in a small square dish

Perilla Seeds

들깨

ground sesame seeds and salt in small black bowl

Roasted and Ground Sesame Seeds with Salt

깨소금

sesame seeds in blender

Sesame Seeds

참깨

coarse sea salt piled on black slate

Solar Sea Salt

천일염

roasted sesame seeds in small black bowl

Toasted or Roasted Sesame Seeds

볶은 참깨

Rice Cakes and Noodles

garaetteok or korean rice cake logs in a pile

Garae-Tteok

가래떡

glass noodles laid out on a square plate

Glass Noodles (Vermicelli)

당면

noodles cooking in boiling water

Naengmyeon

냉면

rice cake ovalettes or tteokguk tteok piled on blue and white plate

Rice Cake Ovalettes

떡국떡

2 bunches of dried thin wheat noodles or somyeon on black background

Thin Wheat Flour Noodles

소면

Grains and Beans

milled malt barley for sikhye/shikhye (Korean Sweet Rice Punch)

Barley Malt Powder

엿기름가루

black soybeans piled on small glass bowl

Black soybean

서리태

Nuruk fermentation starter inside plastic bowl

Nuruk

누룩

red beans or adzuki beans on white dish

Red Adzuki Bean (Pat)

팥

korean rice cake flour maepssalgaru piled on shallow bowl

Rice Cake Flour (Powder)

멥쌀가루, 떡가루, 습식쌀가루

Soaked soybeans for soy milk for kongguksu

Soybeans

메주콩

Protein

pile of dried soup anchovies on white plate

Dried Anchovies

마른멸치

whole bugeo (dried pollock)

Dried Pollock

황태

Fish Cake Soup -Boiling

Fish Cake

어묵

Rinsed jellyfish for Korean jellyfish salad (haepari naengchae)

Jellyfish

해파리

whole mackerels displayed on ice

Mackerel

고등어

Pike Mackerel displayed on ice

Saury

꽁치

Vegetables

Fresh bellflower roots (doraji) pile

Balloon Flower Roots

도라지

dried kelp or dasima on white plate

Dried Kelp (Dasima)

다시마

a bunch of uncut garlic stems

Garlic Scapes

마늘쫑/마늘종

a whole bundle of Korean laver wrapped in paper tie on table

Laver

김

Bean Sprouts (숙주 sukju) for Mandoo stuffing

Mung Bean Sprouts

숙주

stack of perilla leaves on white background

Perilla Leaves

깻잎

top view of dried shiitake mushrooms spread out on plate

Shiitake Mushrooms

표고버섯

Fruits

dried omija five flavor berries in white bowl

5 Flavor Berries (Omija)

오미자

Japanese Green Apricot Plums or Maesil

Green Plum

매실

Jujube Dates Daechu piled on White Plate

Jujube

대추

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