Taekyung Chili Powder For Paste (Fine, 5LB) - Korean Gochugaru. Red Pepper Spice Seasoning for Asian Food. MSG Free.

I’m multiracial, but also a super taster, so I avoided hot pepper most of my life. However, I had a few good “soul food” meals that made me want to branch out, because I really loved the “vinegary” taste of the peppers themselves. Unfortunately, most American chilis taste like skunky shoes to me, and most Asian peppers (I.e., sriracha) were so blindingly hot that I couldn’t taste anything at all. This gochugaru is like a miracle. All the hot pepper flavor with a polite, but respectable amount of heat. Not only do I use it for my Asian meals (chili oil eggs, omg), but I also completely tossed my cayenne and started using it in my Cajun meals as well. It tastes incredible, like a powdered version of Crystal hot sauce, and for American dishes that call for specific “smoky” flavored chilis, a bit of smoked paprika with this works just fine. You can’t go wrong with this lovely pepper. I buy it in bulk and have been using it for years.

I used this for my kim chi, and it turned out very well. I also use it to add a little kick to my other dishes. Recently, I found a new use for this product - it's very good for keeping coyotes away from my yard! A little goes a long way. I only need to reapply once every 2 weeks, and the coyotes have been giving my back yard a wide berth ever since! Great product, highly recommend.

Fresh and delicious

As in it a fine powder. Nothing wrong with the product, I should have ordered the flake version for making kimchi. I only post this as a warning to others not to make the same mistake. This is a great brand I used the flake version for making some kimchi and I am trying to find a use for the powder that this is.

It is very good however don't marinate your meat with it if you are trying to do dry fry it for some reason it make a burn smell, but that is perfect with soup or maybe to marinate after the meat is being barbecued. One notice I fry my meat without oil so maybe if you use oil the burning smell will not happen.

I visited Korea once and fell in love with the food. I'm so happy to be able to purchase authentic seasonings like this through Amazon. I highly recommend.

Very good! I like that its fine!

Good flavor