Korean Soy Sauce: A Buying Guide 

Hey Neighbors: You can now find all of these Soy Sauce at our online store: gochujar.com/collections/soy-sauce-soup-soy-sauce

Please do one for gochujang. Whenever I go into Homeplus looking for gochujang, I decide to just leave.

I love this....please continue it is so educational...it cleared up the soy sauce issues for me

This is very educational! I frequent the korean mart here in our country and I just tend to only ask the staff for ingredients I needed based from your recipes. But now, at least I can pick a high quality soy sauce.

I live in Maryland and surround by Korean markers, if you have Lotte or Hmart all products have a white label so you can see the ingredients but you have to peel it off a bit so you can see the raito in Korean. One tip I do want to share, when you find any sauce (any food product) you like take a picture of it, front (logo) and back (ingredients). even if your store doesn't have you can show them the picture and would recommend a similar item. one of the things I wish you can make a video of is Korean meat. Sometimes I'm stay paralyzed because of the thickness and thinness of both pork and beef. my husband was the one who did the shopping and cooking. now I'm doing it and making some mistakes. I made curry the other day and I had the idea of putting thin brisket instead of chicken. honestly it came out yummy, the meat was tasteful and chewy. and I ended up doing the same using rib belly 6mm, again yummy. he still ate it but suggested that I use beef stew chunks. I did and i ended not not liking it. so i hope you can do a video about Korean meat, maybe like categorizing it in "you can use this style of meat in bbq/fried dish and soup based" and also introduce dumplings and steam buns to your fans. Duk Mandu Guk/Korean Rice Cake and Dumpling Soup was the first Korean soup I tried, I was sick at the time and it was the first dish my boyfriend/husband made for me, gobbled up does dumplings mad quick. and steam buns, I honestly don't remember what kind they were but my mother in law made them when we had our first dinner together. I feel like a fatty when I connect my memories with Korean food. like if my husband asked me what he wore on our first date I couldn't tell him but I know what we ate lol

Yes please lecture us more on ingredients, this is so helpful

I have lived in Asian and love Asian cuisine and Korean products are probably the best quality out there. From soya sauce to sesame seed oil. Even in Taiwan, I go to a Korean grocery and look for Korean products. Love them...& Korean food - NO WORDS YUMMMM! Great video.

VERY helpful, thank you so much! PLEASE continue the series, PRETTY PWEASE??? Small suggestions: add links to older recipes where the product discussed is used , and add in links to the products once Gochujar is online! 😉

I really liked this episode. It was really helpful. I love to see more episodes like this

Awww much needed one...i always struggle to choose the right soy sause...it gets complicated when an entire aisle is full of soy sauce only...

Please make this a series!! This video was so informative and helpful and entertaining as always. Keep up the great work!

Great video! You both are so funny and light to teach. It’s delightful to watch!

I really appreciate this sort of explanation of the labels and stuff. I would never have figured those things out on my own.

This was sooo needed never came across a video like this high end info Much needed thanks!!!!

Stumbled upon your channel when doing some research on Koran cuisine and I’m so glad I did! It’s so fun and informative! Thank you!

Your guys’s channel is amazing. I love that you educate us in more than just the cooking process and you two are adorable. Keep up the great work!!

Sadly we only get mostly chinese/japanese ones here but I found the soup soy sauce thankfully. It seems my chinese supermarket is starting to get more korean things, even those golden curry boxes that we didn't have last year! Thanks for the helpful info (make more definitely) I will keep searching!! Have a good day guys! Can't wait to check out the shop next week!

Supremely educational! Who knew one could make soy sauce so entertaining (and educational)?! Keep them coming. Possible topics - which dishes are made/eaten at what time of year (and why); noodles (best used in which dishes); vegetable dupes (for those not having 100% access to Korean markets, which veggies can be swapped for non-traditional Korean veggies).

I loved this video!!! This style is so clear and helpful! Please make mpre of these in depth ingedient vids! ♥

Thank you so much for making this. It really helped to clear up a lot of confusion I've had.

Fantastic video Professor Daniel!! I think it would be great to start making these "lecture" type videos in addition to your classic recipe ones!

Professor, I’m going to sign up to all your classes! This is the best video on soy sauce I’ve ever seen. Thank you.

Thank you for breaking down the confusing process of picking out the best Korean soy sauce brands to buy. I am half Korean and half Caucasian. I grew up in Hawaii with my Korean mother and her family. We ate with forks and only used chopsticks for saimin and kooksu (Mainland Korean spelling gooksoo?) it's the cold somen noodles in a vinegar broth, with bugogi, scrambled egg threads, both soybean and spinach namul and of course all the ban chan. My Uncle Jonah made kimchee for our family. I moved to California for middle school and am now 70 years old, trying my hand at making japchae and other Korean dishes. My boyfriend makes the kimchee in our family. He has Uncle Jonah's recipe, and by the way--he's an Irish/Italian from Southern California! So All-in-all, what I'd like to know is what Korean sauces, etc, to buy the next time we go to the Korean grocery store. I'm getting back to my roots from Wahiawa, Hawaii. Thanks--I enjoyed the video 😊

This was amazingly helpful! Thank you so much

I soooo needed this video for the information. You can become so lost when shopping at the Korean market with the variety of names and brands. Would love a video on the different pastes and general uses, too.

I need more of this kind of guide/lecture!!!!! Make more of it and put it into a playlist please

Daniel thank you so much!!!!!!!!!! This was very helpful, loved how you explained everything and broke everything down for us.

This was so helpful since I am currently learning Hangul. I had to stop and take pictures of the writing so I can practice it later. I would love to see more videos like this one. Katie I loved the hat you tried on, looked really nice on you.

Yes this is so helpful!! Thank you!

This helps a lot. Once in a while I love to make kimchi. Sometimes I love to make soup n side dishes but I was so confused on which soy sauce I should use. I went to Korean store last week, so many different types of soy sauce I don't know which one to buy so I just picked one. The one I chose is #2 blended, the one in the red label.. This is very helpful. 😃👍👍👍

I’m chipping away at a big bottle of Kikkoman and now I gotta go check the label haha. This is super helpful! Keep em comin, Teach!! 😁

thanks for all the explanation - didn't know that! You are a good teacher :) I would enjoy more like that!

This was ENORMOUSLY helpful! I can’t wait to go to HMart again and actually know what I’m looking for! I would love more content like this! Especially because Daniel is funny and Katie is the cutest!! Thank you, thank you, thank you! 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

Loved this! I've been wondering about the differences since I've started cooking Korean foods.

Woow! This was an actual lecture, I was not expecting that.

♡ THANK YOU so much for making this type of video! It’s so helpful! Please do more (I’m going to check if you have any other videos like this that I may have missed...) I love your channel!

This was so helpful, please keep doing videos like this 💖💖💖

Didn’t know I needed this video. Kind of a weird tone but great video and would love more!

Thank you 선생님! That was highly educational and easy to follow!

Loved this. Continue with this concept. You're gonna be the only one on RU-vid doing it.

This is great! So helpful. Please do more :)

Really very important information! And yes sure we need more episodes plz 😍

Long time viewer here: I loved this video! Very informative and easy to watch thanks Daniel : D

Thank you, its very helpful for me since my kids love your Korean food, every time I cook your recipe they always love it. Although its hard to find some if the ingredients here. Thank you so much

This was really useful! Thank you!

Yes! Love the format and love learning more about quality within products that I can only get at Hmart. Cant wait for gochujar!!!

Thank you for the incredibly informative video. As far as I know this is the only English video on all of RU-vid that actually teaches about the differences in quality of Korean soy sauce. Thank you for making such a unique video.

Very informational, keep it up!

this was such an informative video, and since i can read korean, it will be very easy for me to distinguish soy sauce quality at the korean grocery store thanks to your tips!! :) looking forward to checking out gochujar too! :)

This was so great! Thanks so much Daniel!

Gosh I love Kate ❤️ Thanks Daniel for the very helpful & informative video 👍 I'm looking forward to seeing more educational videos like this

This was super helpful! Loved it!

Thanks for teaching us, Professor!

Excellent overview. Please do more! For instance, soybean paste types, rice, etc. These are basics we non-native Korean food lovers need!

This is exactly the kind of video I need to decide which ingredients to buy and knowing each purposes! Very helpful! Please continue making this kind of video. And I would appreciate it more if you could add a "halal nonhalal" description on these products that might be helpful for people who tried cooking korean recipes with halal ingredient. Thank you so much, both of you 😊

I loved loved this video. Would love to see more

Thank you 👍🏻 please do more videos like this. You are awesome!

This video was perfection. Thank you.

I'd love to have one of these lectures on gochujang and on deonjang. I vaguely know what they are and that they taste great, but not sure how to pick the best one. I really loved the style of this video!

Thanks for this! I will share this with all my non-Korean friends and on my RU-vid channel as well! 😍

amazing video!!! thanks so much for this..

This was so very helpful. I would definitely like more.

Dang this is so educational! Thank you Daniel! 💕

Thank you very much. It's clearly answer so many questions of mine about korean soy sauce. Thank you once again.

Yaaaay! Very informative video!

so useful!! thank you!

Thank you! This is very informative.

So excited for gochujar!!

I love this! I'm so tired of eating the same American food...love it but I have just indulged too much & need a change. Korean food looks healthy & tasty so I am going to start trying out recipes from your videos! These videos showing staples & how to buy quality brands helps so much. Please make more of these Korean kitchen must-have videos. Thank you! Oh is there a way to spot gluten-free Korean products?

This is great! More please!

I really enjoy your lessons, professor! 😂🤣😂Lol! Seriously though, I do enjoy learning so much about Korean products and ingredients..thank you!😁😁😁

Thank you for this!!!!! I am an Expat living in Korea and cooking Korean foods. My Korean husband won't explain things to me, so this is very helpful!!! It will make a huge difference in flavor! Can you do one for fish sauce, tengjang and gochujang, please!

Not boring at all Daniel, very thorough and you kept it fun. I'm Cambodian and thought I knew enough about soy sauce, NOT !!! Now I'm going to look into all my Asian sauces,lol !!!

Love this! i will definitely be buying! Just one request! i would love a more extended ingredients list of the products.

I'm currently living in SKorea. I have been wanting to cook more Korean dishes. And, Yes! there are so many soy sauce. This is helpful!!

Excellent video, thx!

love these vids danyul

Great video! My Korean in-laws all swear by Soup Soy Sauce... didn't understand WHY... but then after learning a lot of Korean cooking (thanks to zoom calls with my in-laws in Korea AND you, dear Future Neighbour!)... the Soup Soy Sauce DOES make a difference. It's not as overwhelming... regular Soy makes soups taste like Soy Sauce Soup... the Guk lets the other flavours blossom, it doesn't overwhelm them.

Very helpful! 감사합니다.

This was awesome - thank you! Ever tried to DIY doenjang/guk-ganjang?

Okay yeah loved this! This is going to so help when I go shopping next. More of this please. Also, Gochujar?! Yessss. 0_0 When...?!

Good jod 선생님 ❤😂 please keep up with this idea and teach us more , wish to u all the best

It's called Ganjang in Korean 🇰🇷🎎 there are many types... 🇰🇷Korea/Koreans been making Ganjang / soy sauce for more then 2000 years

Thank you for explaining the two types of ganjang. Never quite understood why you needed guk ganjang.

Thank you for this. I usually get brands I think I see on your channel (screenshots are the best) or what ever looks like people are buying. Will you be looking at other ingredients like gochujang & gochugaru.

Please do more. It's very helpful for us who don't know what to get...lol.

Good educational video, I feel confident about choosing a Korean soy sauce. Thank you

Super helpful!

That was very informative, thank you. I would love to see more (for example Gojuchang). Also will you ship internationally as far as Gochujar is concerned? crossing my fingers and wishing you all the luck in the world, fighting💪😊

So so so helpful and I’m Korean. Thank you!

loved it. Love cooking Korean food and being educated about product selection will save me money because trial and error will be replaced with knowledge and success.

Thank you for your tutorial.This is very helpful indeed! I am curious about the non spicy ground chilli flakes I watch in one episode of Baek Jon won alley food, he accidentally used the spicy one instead of the non spicy, they look the same ! I can’t eat too spicy food so this non spicy one gives bright colours which I like very much. Please show the packing so I can ask my daughter to get for me when she travels to Korea. Or include this in your future tutorial about chillies, many thanks:)

Thank you so much. I have been so confused on soup soy sauce because my family only uses Kikkoman Soy Sauce and when my friend told me about soup soy sauce I thought she was a bit strange. 🤣 You both are awesome

That was very useful. I know about Japanese soy sauces but not Korean. Thank you. Could you do one about the many types of chilli products, pastes, powder, dried etc

Hahaha OMG you're one week late I wandered in a korean mart last week to try to get korean soy sauce and I had NO idea which one to get :D Thanks this will be useful in the future!

Hi Really interesting I had no idea there was so much difference in soy sauce, I always use Kikoman 🤔 I wish I lived near you to go to your new place, it sounds great! Best wishes to you and your wife 😊

SO. Helpful. 👍

Thank you!!!

I was at the local korean grocery just last week shopping for soy sauce. I was so completely overwhelmed by the korean selection that I just wound up getting the same english brand as always. X'D This came at such a perfect time, now next time I need soy sauce I can try out new brands with confidence!

Cool video. Great info! What is Gochujar??