Gochujang BBQ Sauce 🥣🇰🇷

Description

A glossy sweet spicy gochujang barbecue sauce with garlic, ginger, and sesame, perfect for glazing chicken, tofu, salmon, or roasted veggies.
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Bold, sticky, and ridiculously versatile, this is the sauce that makes anything taste like a craveable takeout plate.

Ingredients

• 🥣 90 g gochujang (⅓ cup / 3.2 oz)
• 🥄 60 ml soy sauce (¼ cup / 2 fl oz)
• 🍯 60 ml honey or brown sugar syrup (¼ cup / 2 fl oz)
• 🍶 45 ml rice vinegar (3 tbsp / 1½ fl oz)
• 🧄 12 g garlic, finely grated (4 cloves / 0.4 oz)
• 🫚 10 g ginger, finely grated (1 tbsp / 0.35 oz)
• 🧅 40 g scallions, finely sliced (⅓ cup / 1.4 oz)
• 💧 120 ml water (½ cup / 4 fl oz)
• 🌾 8 g cornstarch (1 tbsp / 0.28 oz)
• 💧 30 ml cold water for slurry (2 tbsp / 1 fl oz)
• 🌿 10 ml toasted sesame oil (2 tsp / 0.34 fl oz)
• ⚫ 1 g black pepper (¼ tsp / 0.04 oz)
• 🌱 10 g sesame seeds (1 tbsp / 0.35 oz)

Preparation

1. 1️⃣ Start the base
2. In a small saucepan 16–18 cm (6–7 in), whisk gochujang, soy sauce, honey, rice vinegar, garlic, ginger, water, and black pepper until smooth. 🥣
3. 2️⃣ Simmer gently
4. Set over medium heat and bring to a light simmer, then cook 4 minutes, stirring often so it does not catch. 🔥
5. 3️⃣ Thicken correctly
6. Mix cornstarch with cold water until fully smooth, then whisk it into the simmering sauce. Cook 60–90 seconds until glossy and lightly thick. ✨
7. 4️⃣ Finish off heat
8. Turn off heat, stir in sesame oil, scallions, and sesame seeds, then rest 5 minutes to mellow and deepen. 🌿
9. 5️⃣ Use or store
10. Use warm as a glaze, or cool fully and store in a jar in the fridge up to 7 days. 🫙

Total Time

⏱️ Prep: 5 min
🔥 Cook/Bake: 6 min
🛋️ Rest: 5 min
⏰ Total: 16 min

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