I always have this starch extracted from potatoes on hand because it’s essential for achieving the supreme crunchiness for fried dishes like Korean fried chicken. I also use it as a thickener. I’ve never found any potato starch that worked better than Korean brands for this purpose. Seal the package well and store in a cool place.

potato starch

potato starch

Recipes that use potato starch (gamja-jeonbun):

20 Comments:

  1. Leeshela Marysville joined 4/18 & has 2 comments

    Hi maangchi!

    For the potato starch powder, can we use regular potato starch from the different store and not from the Korean store?? It’s for the yangnyeom-tongdak dish.

  2. Simplygee Philippines joined 11/14 & has 2 comments

    Hello Maangchi~ can i use this potato starch in making tteokpoki? i can’t find a rice flour:(

  3. Maria1279 Philippines joined 10/12 & has 1 comment

    hi is there any substitute for this like cornstarch maybe? Thanks!

  4. neplus United States joined 10/11 & has 1 comment
  5. Simi-ka Germany joined 9/11 & has 5 comments

    Can I use potatoe flour instead of potatoe starch for jajangmyun?

  6. Hello mangchii!
    I would really like to try this recipe but i would like to know if i can substitute the potato starch for corn starch or tapioca starch. THANKS :) :)

  7. Hi Maangchi,
    May I ask you, the potato starch that sell in korean store, is it the same with “katakuri-ko starch” which is potato starch that use in japanese dessert recipe, for dusting (such as dusting the rice cake daifuku, the sweet rice cake that have red bean inside, and using katakuriko starch/potato starch for dusting out side)?
    When we do sweet rice ball with red bean inside (your recipe), Can we use korean potato starch for dusting rice cake instead of roast soy bean powder?
    Thanks,
    Pam

  8. sweetlife_211& has 1 comment

    hello- i really want to make one of your potato side-dish recipe but i couldnt find corn cyrup, can i replace with potato starch ?

  9. Hi there – I just stumbled upon your great website last night when I was searching for jajangmyun recipe :)
    I already got most of the ingredients today – but I was wondering if I could substitute potato starch w/ either tapioca starch or corn starch?

    Thanks!

  10. Maangchi New York City joined 8/08 & has 12,045 comments

    xxMillieann85xx,
    I always get this at a Korean store, but I think you can get it at any store.

  11. xxMillieann85xx& has 2 comments

    hello~!

    can u buy this from an oridinary store?? or it has to be in korean store?

  12. Maangchi New York City joined 8/08 & has 12,045 comments

    Jodi,
    Did you get it at Korean grocery store? Then it must be potato starch powder. It’s translation mistake. I bought the same thing a while ago! It’s definitely potato starch powder.

  13. Hi Maangchi,

    I accidently bought “Potato Powder” instead of starch (apparently I need to work on my Korean..), what can use it for?

    -Jodi

  14. Maangchi New York City joined 8/08 & has 12,045 comments

    Hua,
    You can use potato starch for many dishes. It never goes bad, just keep it in an air sealed container to use next time. When you make stew, if you like to make your stew sticky, you can use it. Check out my black bean noodles recipe. I am showing how to use it.

  15. What can I make using potato starch.

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