Korean cooking ingredients:
Hot pepper flakes
Hot pepper flakes. You can choose either mild or hot. This package says “less spicy” which means mild hot pepper flakes.
“Maewoon gochu gaaroo” means very hot spicy hotpepper flakes and “Deol Maewoon gochu gaaroo” means less spicy hot pepper flakes.
Hello,
Thank you for the pictures! Do you think you could write out the korean characters for very spicy and less spicy for these hot pepper flakes? When I try to pronounce them, no one understands me so if you could write them out, i could bring it with me to the market and try to look for the ones that match.
Thank you and you rock!!
March 2nd, 2008 at 10:02 pmSure, why not?
Spicy hot pepper flakes:
매운맛 고춧가루
Less spicy hot pepper flakes:
March 3rd, 2008 at 10:25 pm덜매운맛 고춧가루
Hi,
Does brand matters? Do we need to get a particular brand of pepper in order to achieve that special taste?
April 6th, 2008 at 10:08 pmanonymous,
April 7th, 2008 at 6:02 amBrand name does not matter actually.
The Soup looks delicious i will try cooking it over the weekends. Just 1 question, do i need to use the same pot as you used in your video or can i use the any other pot? Please advice.
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:27 amThanks
Hi,
April 23rd, 2008 at 6:07 amYou can use any pot. I sometimes use my stainless pot.
hi Maangchi,
love the site and all the recipes! my friends and i are all addicted to your blog. i was wondering, can i substitute hot pepper paste for hot pepper flakes in your soon du bu jigae recipe? and if so, how much should i use? thank you!!
May 12th, 2008 at 5:29 pmdianna,
May 13th, 2008 at 10:16 pmThank you for liking my recipes.
For soon du bu, I would not use hot pepper paste because hot pepper paste has its own strong flavor that may ruin the taste of soondubu.
Hi maangchi! i loved your videos and i have a question.
May 30th, 2008 at 6:02 amdoes hot pepper flakes the same as the pizza hut flakes the give you in a small packet as the cheese ones? Please HELP MI!!!
Hi,
May 30th, 2008 at 11:31 pmMost hotpepper flakes I use in Korean dishes is sold at a Korean grocery store. It’s different from the coarse hot pepper flakes served at Pizza Hut.
Are the pepper flakes multipurpose or are some types better for specific foods? I’ve noticed that in the hot pepper section of our local market, there are some bags that have very finely chopped (almost a powder-like consistency) peppers, some rough cut, others medium, etc… Also, the colors vary, with some being a bright red and others almost a brick or red-brown color.
June 9th, 2008 at 2:34 pmSandy,
June 9th, 2008 at 7:50 pmYes, you are right. The hot pepper powder you saw is usually used to make hot pepper paste or hot sauce, and hot pepper flakes are for usual korean food such as kimchi making.
I use hot pepper flakes. My favorite brand names are “tae yang cho” or “Wang pyo”
Hi, Maangchi,
I was surprised to hear that you use pepper flakes, not powder, for kimchi, because even though you said so in your kimchi recipe, I wasn’t sure you meant it. I never noticed flakes in the store, so I bought powder. I have used some to make ddeokbogi, which was yummy. Can I still use red pepper powder to make kimchi, or would that be a mistake?
Thanks for your answer on the Asian Chives thread, too.
Lucy
June 10th, 2008 at 9:37 amLucy,
June 10th, 2008 at 6:24 pmI’m sorry I did not realize I said “hot pepper powder” in the video. Anyway, as you say, even if I used hot pepper powder, it wouldn’t be matter, which means you can use either hot pepper flakes or powder for any korean dish. Not much difference!
Hi again, Maangchi,
No, the mistake was mine. You didn’t say “powder” in the video, I just wasn’t listening closely. Thank you for your responses! :)
Lucy
June 11th, 2008 at 12:31 pmHi Maangchi,
Can i just use chili pepper powder in this recipe? is it taste same as using hot pepper flakes? this Soon du bu jjigae look delicious..
June 19th, 2008 at 11:13 pmAnonymous,
June 20th, 2008 at 3:27 pmYes, you can use hot pepper powder (dried chily pepper powder)
Check out my written recipe before making it.
Thanks,
maangchii…hot pepper flakes are damn expensive in germany…what do you think if i use dried paprika flakes instead??
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:06 amraddie,
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:50 pmEven though it’s expensive there, you should use hot pepper flakes. It’s your authentic kimchi! I have never used paprika in kimchi.
hello maangchi…i cant find hot pepper flakes here in abu dhabi, uae. can i use the hot chilli powder instead in making kimchi?
August 29th, 2008 at 2:10 pmnesrin,
August 30th, 2008 at 10:41 amI don’t know what the hot chili powder tastes like. Why don’t you use it then if you can’t find any Korean grocery store there.
thanks for the quick reply! i’ll try to make my first kimchi and i will let you know…but i hope i can find the perfect ingredients here in UAE soon..
August 31st, 2008 at 11:47 amhey maangchi!
September 3rd, 2008 at 7:55 pmas i was watching your video for yuk gae jang, i noticed that you used hot pepper powder to mix in with the vegetables. i have hot pepper flakes, can i use that? are powder and flakes relatively the same for the soup or would i have to get the hot pepper powder?
Thanks. =)
Anonymous,
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:25 pmYes, you can use hot pepper flakes for Yukgaejang. Don’t forget to mix it with oil before adding it to the soup. Actually you are supposed to make “hotpepper oil” by heating the mixture of vegetable oil and hot pepper flakes or powder in a pan. It’s called “gochu kierum” in Korean, but I skipped the process and mixed oil and hot pepper flakes to make it simple.
maaangchi,question i bought gochugaro in flake form. is the powdered form called the same?
September 26th, 2008 at 10:03 amso from all the question above, the recipes that call for chili powder can i substitute the chili flakes?
do i add less of it or the same amount as the recipe with the chili powder? thanks :)
Mari,
September 26th, 2008 at 10:39 amYes, it’s the same. I think chili powder is different from hot pepper flakes or powder. Ask the question to others in forum.
Hi Maangchi,
September 29th, 2008 at 12:08 pmHow do you store the hot pepper flakes after you open the bag? How long can you keep it for? Thanks!
Lucinda,
September 29th, 2008 at 5:17 pmI keep it in the freezer after opening. How long do I keep it? You can keep it in the freezer for months as long as you seal it tightly before putting it in the freezer.
Anayong haseyo Maangchi!!
i love spicy food but i have only one Asian supermaket in my city where i can find every korean product but there is only Indian hot pepper flakes
October 11th, 2008 at 10:58 amcan i use that is korean food and indian are similar?
Anonymous,
October 11th, 2008 at 12:26 pmI’m not sure the hot pepper flakes you mention is good for kimchi or not. You should ask this question on the forum on my website.
can i use “ground red pepper” instead??
October 27th, 2008 at 9:04 pmHello Maangchi,
November 22nd, 2008 at 9:39 pmIs is ok if I use this gochugaru picture on my blog please?
Agasuka,
November 22nd, 2008 at 10:25 pmHi,there! Long time! : )
Yes, of course you can use the photo of hot pepper flakes. I would appreciate it if you linked to me.
Be sure to tell your blog readers that there are more different brand names for hot pepper flakes.
Hi Maangchi! I just got back from the Korean store, where I had bought a whole bunch of ingredients, mainly for kimchi, along with it hot pepper flakes.
In looking at the different brands, I did notice most of them add ’salt’ to the pepper flakes, including the brand in your photo. I did find one that did not and chose that, because sometimes the word ’salt’ is used in place of MSG, which I’m sensitive to. Have you noticed this, and if so, will that change the taste of my paste?
Thank you!!!
December 11th, 2008 at 3:46 pmRhonda,
December 11th, 2008 at 3:53 pmoh, really? I don’t think they add MSG in hotpepper flakes. No need to make it tasty.
Don’t worry about it and use it in your kimchi. It will be ok. I’m sensitive to MSG, too, but no problem for using hot pepper flakes.
Hi! I want to make your soon doo boo recipe. When I went to the Korean grocery store, I saw two types - the chilli flakes and the more finely ground chilli powder.
I forgot which one you use, so I told them I want to make soon doo boo. They said I should buy the chilli powder. Now I see that you’re using the flakes and not the powder. Are they the same? Or should I go back and buy the flakes?
Thank you!!
December 20th, 2008 at 11:49 pmSarah,
December 21st, 2008 at 8:20 amYou can use either hot pepper flakes or hot pepper powder. I use hot pepper flakes.
Hi Maangchi,
Instead of hot pepper flakes, can I substitute it with dried red chili? I stayed in Indonesia, we have two types of red chili, one is smaller and thinner, another is longer ones, but not as big as in western countries.
December 22nd, 2008 at 10:20 pmIndri,
December 23rd, 2008 at 12:40 amI think it’ll be ok unless the red chili is too spicy.