Comments on: Hot pepper flakes

By: florencia

florencia — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:11:16 +0000

i like your recipe very much. i will try to make it. God bless you.. Baxia

By: Jeanine

Jeanine — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:20:57 +0000

Hi!! Just made some turnip kimchi and it came out tasty (but of course, not like my momma’s!). Unfortunately, there was an “off” taste, though. Could my pepper flakes have gone bad? I can’t read Korean, so I couldn’t find an expiration date on the bag. The bag was 2 years old, though. :o) Love Love Love your website and I refer all my friends to it via Twitter and Facebook!

By: Maangchi

Maangchi — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:11:27 +0000

If you like to add more hot pepper flakes, you will have to add it before your kimchi starts fermenting.

By: han ngoc

han ngoc — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:39:44 +0000

hi!!:D i finish the kimchi && it looking great but it not that spicy at all, so i was wondering if i can wait till it fermenting and then add more hot pepper powder to it (the one that u use) cuz i try this different one and it not that good

By: sirdanilot

sirdanilot — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:47:33 +0000

Yes that’s right. I put less than half a cup of chili powder in my kim chi and it was alredy quite spicy! While it takes like 4 cups of korean hot pepper flakes. I thought it would be my personal taste (koreans like spicy!), but I think it’s because of the ingredient.

My kimchi seems to taste pretty good so I think that it’s not really a problem. But maybe I will get in the neighbourhood of the Korean store in Rotterdam next week so I can buy the real thing.

By: Ikoma

Ikoma — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:42:28 +0000

hey maangchi thanks for your reply yes i have been on that thread but no luck : ( i live in denmark.. do you know what i maybe could use as an alternative for the pepper flakes ?

By: Maangchi

Maangchi — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:51:28 +0000

I’m sorry to hear that you have trouble with finding hot pepper flakes that I use.

You can get it at a Korean grocery store. Where are you living? Have you checked the “where do you buy Korean ingredients” section on the forum on my website?
http://www.maangchi.com/talk/topic/where-do-you-buy-your-korean-ingredients

By: Ikoma

Ikoma — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:16:27 +0000

Hello Maangchi. im havnig alot of trouble finding the hot red pepper flakes.. so was wandering if you know what the “pepper” is called what fruit or vegetable the pepper flakes are made from ? if i knew that i could make some my self instead of using endless time on looking for the pepper flakes in shops and online stores because iv been allmost all over the place now and still cant find it >_<

thanks : )

By: Maangchi

Maangchi — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:34:46 +0000

As long as you see the products at a Korean grocery store, I’m sure they are the same.

By: D

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:04:01 +0000

Maangchi: I hope I’m not asking a question already answered. Red pepper powder and hot pepper powder. Is it the same or different? Looks the same to me, but I’m not sure if there is a difference.