Rice syrup

Ssal-jocheong 쌀조청

Rice syrup (ssal-jocheong) is used in Korean cuisine as a natural sweetener and to add a shiny glaze to dishes. It’s made with rice and barley malt powder. Sprouted barley has an enzyme called amylase that makes this syrup sweet.

Rice syrup is thick and viscous and has a rich, earthy, subtly grainy flavor, much more distinctive than sugar or corn syrup. Sugar or honey can be substitutes, but they are much sweeter. You can buy it or make it at home.

Posted on Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 at 5:34 pm. Last updated on December 12, 2020.
Tagged: 조청, 쌀조청, jocheong, Korean natural sweetener, natural sweetener, rice syrup, ssal jocheong

Recipes that use rice syrup (ssal-jocheong):

9 Comments:

Yana94 Malaysia joined 2/19 & has 1 comment
Posted February 14th, 2019 at 11:23 am | Log in to reply.

Hai,maangchi
Can i substitute rice syrup with honey?????
Korean supermarket quite far from my place where i live right now….
Kscape New York joined 2/18 & has 1 comment
Posted February 18th, 2018 at 8:12 pm | Log in to reply.

Hello Maangchi, I bought the rice oligo syrup instead of the rice malt one, is it the same?
syalatte malaysia joined 7/16 & has 1 comment
Posted July 3rd, 2016 at 10:34 pm | Log in to reply.

maangchi, if i kudnt get the rice syrup, will it destroy the good taste or is there any other way to replace dat rice syrup? i attend to try the crispy and crunchy fried chicken
- Maangchi New York City joined 8/08 & has 12,051 comments
  Posted July 7th, 2016 at 9:15 am | Log in to reply.
  
  To make crispy and crunchy fried chicken you can replace the rice syrup with sugar or honey. Good luck!
miss R joined 4/15 & has 1 comment
Posted April 28th, 2015 at 3:32 am | Log in to reply.

hai Maangchi,..i want to make hot pepper paste and is it ok if im using maple syrup beside rice syrup?..because ican’t find it here in malaysia..
- Maangchi New York City joined 8/08 & has 12,051 comments
  Posted April 28th, 2015 at 4:31 am | Log in to reply.
  
  I would use rice syrup. Check out a Korean grocery store in your area, please. This is a list of Korean grocery stores in Malaysia. https://www.maangchi.com/shopping/malaysia
khahn22 MA joined 7/12 & has 1 comment
Posted July 23rd, 2012 at 4:19 pm | Log in to reply.

In the bottom picture there’s something called Rice Oligosaccharide. I got this by accident. Can I use it in this recipe? What is it, do you know?

Also, I bought regular rice flour instead of sweet rice flour (that’s what I get for not bringing the recipe with me to the store)… Will that work?

Thx so much for this recipe… It looks delicious!
Rayne Canada/Korea joined 7/11 & has 1 comment
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 7:01 pm | Log in to reply.

What is a substitute for rice syrup? I can’t find it anywhere and I can’t seem to google a substitute…
- Maangchi New York City joined 8/08 & has 12,051 comments
  Posted February 5th, 2012 at 9:51 am | Log in to reply.
  
  You can use any type of syrup. Haw about Karo or corn syrup?