Dried jujubes

Korean name: 마른 대추
Romanized: Mareun daechu
Also Romanized as: daechoo
Other Korean name(s): 대추 (daechu)

Mareun daechu 마른 대추

These red dried fruits, with pits that resemble date pits, have a wrinkled skin and a sweet-tart flavor. Jujubes have medicinal properties, and they have many uses in Korean cuisine as a sweetener and garnish.

When boiled with ginseng for a long time, jujube becomes a healthy tea.

Look for them at Korean or other Asian markets. Store in a zipper-lock plastic bag in the freezer.

Posted on Saturday, March 8th, 2008 at 10:22 pm. Last updated on May 10, 2020.
Tagged: daechu, 대추, korean food, korean ingredients

Recipes that use dried jujubes (daechu):

4 Comments:

OhioMu Lancaster, OH joined 1/18 & has 3 comments
Posted February 3rd, 2018 at 5:30 pm | Log in to reply.

I bought jujubes from the refrigerated section. Can I freeze what I am not using right now and take them out as I need them for future recipes? Thank you! :0)
- Maangchi New York City joined 8/08 & has 12,074 comments
  Posted February 4th, 2018 at 1:17 am | Log in to reply.
  
  Yes, you can freeze jujubes for months.
Maangchi New York City joined 8/08 & has 12,074 comments
Posted May 12th, 2011 at 9:04 am | Log in to reply.

You could make tea. Boil some with water until the water turns reddish. You could add a few roots of dried ginseng, too.
meimei50 Wisconsin joined 4/11 & has 5 comments
Posted May 11th, 2011 at 11:31 pm | Log in to reply.

I am making this soup right now and I can’t wait to try it. But now that I have this big bag of dates I am wondering how they can be used in other dishes – can they be used in the same way as medjool dates? (though the red dates are much less sweet), perhaps in porridge? I’m curious about other uses for this fruit. Thanks Maangchi!