Chili pepper paste

Yangnyeom gejang: marinated crabs in gochujang (chili pepper paste)

Yuzukoshō

Chili pepper paste usually refers to a paste where the main ingredient is chili pepper. Some are used as a cooking ingredient, while others are used to season a dish after preparation. In Korean cuisine, red pepper paste is used to create red pepper sauce, which is a common seasoning in the cuisine.^[1]

Chili pepper pastes

There are different varieties of chili paste depending from the region and also within the same cuisine.

• Gochujang – used in Korean cuisine
• Jaew bong – a sweet and spicy Laotian chili paste
• Yuzukoshō – a Japanese seasoning that consists of a paste made from chili peppers, yuzu peel and salt, which is then allowed to ferment.^[2]
• Achiote paste – a Mexican chili paste with a number of other spices

See also

• Chili sauce
• Curry paste
• Hot sauce
• List of condiments
• List of hot sauces
• Nam phrik
• Sauce
• Food portal

References

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