Saffronyard Kimchi Seasoning

Name: Saffronyard Kimchi Seasoning
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 3¾ cups (900 ml)
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup (65 g) Gochugaru; 6 Tbsp minced (60 g) Garlic; 1 Tbsp chopped (10 g) Ginger; 2 cups Korean pear juice (480 ml) Pear Juice; 1 Tbsp (15 g) Salted Shrimp; 3 Tbsp anchovy fish sauce (45 ml) Fish Sauce; 1 Tbsp flour cooked in 1 cup water to slurry (8 g) Sweet Rice Fl; 1 cup for rice slurry (240 ml) Water; 12 oz Korean radish matchsticks (350 g) Daikon; 3 1/2 oz thinly sliced (100 g) Onion; 1 3/4 oz cut lengths (50 g) Scallion

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Junghyun “jp” Park recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Junghyun “jp” Park.

Junghyun “JP” Park's Saffronyard Kimchi Seasoning, from the published recipe.

Ratio

Pear Juice 480 mlFish Sauce 45 mlWater 240 ml

Ingredients

Gochugaru — 1/2 cup (65 g)
Garlic — 6 Tbsp minced (60 g)
Ginger — 1 Tbsp chopped (10 g)
Pear Juice — 2 cups Korean pear juice (480 ml)
Salted Shrimp — 1 Tbsp (15 g)
Fish Sauce — 3 Tbsp anchovy fish sauce (45 ml)
Sweet Rice Fl — 1 Tbsp flour cooked in 1 cup water to slurry (8 g)
Water — 1 cup for rice slurry (240 ml)
Daikon — 12 oz Korean radish matchsticks (350 g)
Onion — 3 1/2 oz thinly sliced (100 g)
Scallion — 1 3/4 oz cut lengths (50 g)

Method

This sauce needs a blender — the jar is for storing it, not making it.
Combine measured ingredients and blend until smooth.
Taste and adjust salt and acid.

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Saffronyard Kimchi Seasoning wants a blender — make it from this page.

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Provenance

Korean chef (JP Park) of Michelin two-star Atomix and Atoboy in New York; James Beard Best Chef: New York State 2023. Contemporary Korean tasting menus with fermented chile and soy sauces.

Originally published as Kimchi Seasoning Paste.

Adapted from a Junghyun “JP” Park recipe (The Korean Cookbook / Calgary Herald).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No — this one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces — its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

Amounts follow the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, every sauce scales to the same fill height.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from The Korean Cookbook / Calgary Herald (published as “Kimchi Seasoning Paste”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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