In the pantry · 10 uses
gochujang
Fermented chili paste with real sweetness and salt behind the heat, so it seasons three ways at once. Thin it before it goes in or it sits in lumps.
9
dishes and drinks that need it
1
more where it is worth adding
100%
of those are under 30 min
What it is usually standing next to
Garlic is in 56% of the dishes that call for it — close enough to be a rule rather than a habit.
Counted off required ingredients across the whole corpus. A companion listed here is one these dishes are built from, not one we are recommending.
If you have twenty minutes
Built on it · 9
Take it out and the dish is something else. Fastest first.
Worth adding · 1
These work without it. They work better with it.