Gochujang substitute

[ThatPirateLady]

I was going to make a Korean style beef dish this week but I couldn’t get gochujang in the supermarket shop. Obviously I could just make something else but as the recipe is more Korean inspired and less authentic I figured I could try and make a substitution.

I have fresh chillis, and an array of chilli sauces/condiments. But what to replace the fermented flavour? Do you think a spoon of marmite might work?

Miso

Plus some ketchup and if you have some, mashed up beans (pinto, black, refried, that kind of thing).

This site is brilliant :-

www.gourmetsleuth.com/ingredients/detail/gochujang

You can also get it from Amazon if you’ve got prime.

This is what I'd do. Amazon often have the same products that you'd pick up in the Asian supermarket. Miso would add a fermented element and chilli would add the spice, but it depends on your recipe for how important actually having gochujang is and what element you are trying to replace. Personally I'd skip a recipe where gochujang is a key ingredient if I had it, as I don't think it's easy to perfectly replace.

Didn’t even think of prime. Perfect. Thank you.