[Easy Side Dishes] How to Make Kim Ha-jin’s All-Purpose Seasoning Sauce vs. Im Seong-geun’s All-Purpose Summer Seasoning Sauce

Culinary researcher Kim Ha-jin recently shared a recipe for an all-purpose seasoning sauce that can be used in various dishes on MBN’s “Altoran.” The sauce can be used to season vegetables, anchovies and more. It is useful for making easy side dishes. Master Craftsman Cook Im Seong-geun also shared how to make an all-purpose summer seasoning sauce last summer.

How to Make Kim Ha-jin’s All-Purpose Seasoning Sauce and Seasoned Anchovies from “Altoran”

Here is how to make Kim Ha-jin’s all-purpose seasoning sauce, along with seasoned anchovies, a summer side dish that uses the sauce. Five ingredients are needed for the all-purpose sauce: gochujang, doenjang, fine gochugaru, peanut butter and cooking wine. The sauce is easy to make. Place 2 cups gochujang, 1 cup doenjang, 1/2 cup fine gochugaru, 1 cup peanut butter and 2 cups cooking wine in a blender, then blend until smooth and free of lumps. The all-purpose seasoning sauce is now ready. Store it refrigerated in an airtight container.

▲“Altoran” Seasoned Anchovy Recipe

1. Prepare 250 g of soup anchovies by removing the heads, innards and bones.

2. Stir-fry the anchovies in a dry pan for 5 minutes.

3. Spread the anchovies on a large plate and let them cool.

4. Place the stir-fried anchovies in a pan coated with cooking oil and stir-fry them again for 1 minute and 30 seconds, then drain off the oil.

5. Cut 150 g of garlic scapes into pieces as long as the anchovies.

6. Bring salted water to a boil.

7. Blanch the garlic scapes in the boiling salted water for 15 seconds, then rinse them in cold water.

8. Add 3 tablespoons of the all-purpose seasoning sauce to the anchovies and garlic scapes, then toss to coat.

How to Make Im Seong-geun’s All-Purpose Summer Seasoning Sauce and Seasoned Pork Belly from “Altoran”

Here is how to make Im Seong-geun’s all-purpose summer seasoning sauce, along with a seasoned pork belly dish that uses the sauce. Add 1 cup brown rice vinegar, 1 cup jin ganjang (Korean soy sauce), 1 cup white sugar, 4 tablespoons prepared hot mustard, 2 tablespoons minced garlic, 1 tablespoon ground black pepper, 6 tablespoons fine gochugaru and 1 cup olive oil to a bowl. Add the juice of 4 oranges and mix well to complete the all-purpose summer seasoning sauce.

▲“Altoran” Seasoned Pork Belly Recipe

1. Cut 300 g of thinly shaved pork belly into pieces about 10 cm long.

2. Place 2 tablespoons of doenjang in a sieve and dissolve it into 6 cups of water.

3. Add 1/2 cup cooking wine and bring to a rolling boil.

4. Separate the pork belly slices and blanch them one at a time for about 10–15 seconds until cooked.

5. Drain the blanched pork belly in a sieve and let it cool completely.

6. Tear the lettuce and perilla leaves into bite-size pieces.

7. Remove the leaves from 3 stems of Korean angelica and a handful of chamnamul, then add them.

8. Julienne 1/4 of a red bell pepper and 1/4 of a yellow bell pepper, then add them.

9. Add 2 tablespoons of the all-purpose summer seasoning sauce to the pork belly and toss to coat.

10. Add 6 tablespoons of the all-purpose summer seasoning sauce to the vegetables and toss to coat.

11. Combine the separately seasoned pork belly and vegetables.

12. Finish by sprinkling with sesame seeds.