swap_horiz Ssamjang Alternatives

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Kimchi

Salted and fermented vegetables form the basis of kimchi, a staple of Korean cooking served as a side dish with everyday...

Korean Spicy Probiotic Vegetable

9.20 Excellent

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Miso

Fermenting soybeans with salt and koji produces miso, a Japanese seasoning paste with a deeply savory taste. Koji common...

Japanese Probiotic Umami Soy

9.15 Excellent

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Nuoc mam

Nước mắm is a pungent, amber-colored fermented fish sauce widely used as a core ingredient in Vietnamese cuisine. It is...

Fermented Fish Vietnamese Umami Condiment

9.00 Excellent

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Sherry Vinegar

Sherry vinegar is a gourmet wine vinegar produced in the Jerez region of Andalusia, Spain, where its production is prote...

Spanish Aged Condiment Andalusia

8.90 Great

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Crème fraîche

Crème fraîche is a French cultured dairy product with a fat content of approximately 30%, made by allowing cream to ferm...

French Rich Cultured Dairy

8.55 Great

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Doenjang

Doenjang is a traditional Korean fermented soybean paste made from dried soybeans that are boiled, shaped into blocks ca...

Korean Traditional Umami Soy

8.50 Great

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Hatcho miso

Hatcho miso is a dense, dark soybean paste that originates from Okazaki in Japan's Aichi Prefecture. It is a traditional...

Japanese Dark Savory Aged

8.45 Great

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Tamari

Tamari is a type of Japanese soy sauce that is traditionally made as a byproduct of the miso fermentation process. Unlik...

Japanese Gluten Free Umami Condiment

8.45 Great

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Worcestershire sauce

Worcestershire sauce is a fermented liquid condiment first produced commercially by chemists John Wheeley Lea and Willia...

British Umami Condiment Fish

8.45 Great

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Tsukemono

Tsukemono is a broad category of Japanese preserved vegetables cured using salt, brine, rice bran (nuka), miso, or sake...

Traditional Japanese Condiment Lacto Fermented

8.43 Great

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Mirin

Mirin is a traditional Japanese condiment made from glutinous rice, rice mold (koji), and a distilled spirit such as sho...

Japanese Sweet Cooking Condiment

8.31 Great

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Pao Cai

Pao cai is a Chinese preparation of vegetables preserved through fermentation in a seasoned brine, with Sichuan pao cai...

Spicy Condiment Sichuan Lacto Fermented

8.27 Great

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Aka miso

Aka miso, or red miso, is a Japanese fermented soybean paste distinguished by its darker color and stronger flavor compa...

Japanese Savory Aged Red

8.25 Great

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Preserved lemon

Preserved lemons are a condiment central to North African cookery, particularly Moroccan cuisine, made by curing lemons...

North African Citrus Condiment Vegetable

8.25 Great

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Makgeolli

Makgeolli is a traditional Korean alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice, water, and nuruk, a Korean fermentation s...

Korean Traditional Rice Wine Beverage

8.20 Great

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Tabasco sauce

Tabasco sauce is a brand of hot sauce made by the McIlhenny Company of Avery Island, Louisiana. First produced in 1868 b...

American Spicy Fermented Condiment

8.20 Great

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Garum

Garum was a fermented fish sauce that served as a fundamental ingredient in the cuisine of ancient Rome and throughout t...

Historical Fermented Fish Condiment Fish

8.10 Great

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Jeotgal

Jeotgal is a broad category of Korean salted and fermented seafood condiments made from various marine ingredients such...

Korean Traditional Condiment Fish

7.85 Good

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Myeolchi-jeot

Myeolchi-jeot is a traditional Korean condiment made from salted and fermented anchovies. The resulting clear, savory li...

Korean Condiment Fish Fermented Anchovy

7.65 Good

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Ojingeo-jeot

Ojingeo-jeot is a traditional Korean food consisting of squid that has been salted and fermented. It belongs to the broa...

Korean Spicy Condiment Fish

7.20 Good