Chung Jung One Black Bean Paste is a fermented Korean chunjang essential for making jajangmyun. Its dark, salty, earthy and slightly sweet taste comes from soybeans, wheat flour and caramel. Stir it into fried pork belly or vegetables, coat noodles, or use it as a BBQ marinade.
Chung Jung One's Black Bean Paste for Jajangmyun is a black, salty, earthy, and slightly sweet paste that is made from a mixture of soybeans, flour, and caramel. The underlying ingredients undergo fermentation to achieve the desired taste profile. Black bean paste, also known as Chunjang, is essential for the popular Korean dish Jajangmyun. Chung Jung One's paste is made in Sunchang, a town famous for traditional seasoning pastes. Black bean paste is a versatile ingredient in the kitchen. You could add it to stir-fried pork belly, mix it in with fried vegetables, coat noodles in it, or use it to marinade meat for the BBQ. The paste has a lot of umami depth, so can elevate dishes that are lacking in flavour. After opening, store in the fridge and ideally use within three months.
Ingredients
Waterm Wheat Powder, Caramel Colour, Soybean, Salt, Wheat, Roasted Soybean Powder, Spirits.
Nutritional Information (per 100g)
| Energy | 193.6kcal |
| Fat | 3.0g |
| - of which saturates | 0.5g |
| Carbohydrate | 30.8g |
| - of which sugars | 13.6g |
| Protein | 12.1g |
| Salt | 9.34g |
