Type | Condiment |
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Place of origin | Korea |
Associated cuisine | Korean cuisine |
Main ingredients | Gochujang, doenjang |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 쌈장 |
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Hanja | 쌈醬 |
Revised Romanization | ssamjang |
McCune–Reischauer | ssamjang |
IPA | [s͈am.dʑaŋ] |
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Ssamjang (Korean: 쌈장) is a thick, spicy paste used with food wrapped in a leaf in Korean cuisine. The sauce is made of fermented soy beans (doenjang), red chili paste (gochujang), sesame oil, onion, garlic, green onions, and optionally brown sugar.[1][2][3][4]