- Other English name(s): red date, Chinese date, Korean date, Indian date
- Scientific name: Ziziphus jujuba
- Classified under: Seeds & Nuts & Dried Fruit
- Romanized: Mareun daechu
- Also Romanized as: daechoo
- Other Korean name(s): 대추 (daechu)
Maangchi's cookbooks
Which to get? I suggest my second book, Maangchi's Big Book of Korean Cooking because it has the most recipes, but my first book has recipes for all the essential Korean pastes and sauces!
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)
Yes, you can freeze jujubes for months.
You could make tea. Boil some with water until the water turns reddish. You could add a few roots of dried ginseng, too.
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!