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Soy and legumes from Korea

Jeungbo sallim gyeongje (증보산림경제, 1766) jang and early gochujang증보산림경제

The Jeungbo sallim gyeongje, finished in 1766, is a Joseon farm-management book that records many kinds of jang, the Korean soybean sauces and pastes. It holds the first record of manchojang, a hot-pepper paste made with dried bean paste, sea kelp and fish, and adds red pepper to several other pastes. This is a text entry; the steps are not yet drawn from the book itself.

A short entry: the sources we found record only what is said here about Jeungbo sallim gyeongje itself. Its own sources do not record how it is made, so the steps and scenes below are those of Gochujang (fermented chili paste), the closest documented sauces and condiments ferment, shown as a guide to the method, not as a record of Jeungbo sallim gyeongje.

Short entrySoy and legumes

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedWhat goes in. No source gives amounts for this ferment.
soybeans
dried soybean-paste bricks (meju)
sea kelp
fish
red pepper

Total time across the steps of Gochujang (fermented chili paste): 12 months – 2 years

Start
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shapes, not to countBacillusMoulds

What changes: Meju, the fermented soybean starter, is made ahead for the paste

Step 1 of 4 · steps of Gochujang (fermented chili paste)
Prepare the meju
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Bacillus
Moulds
Aspergillus
Zygosaccharomyces

Output: meju, the starter.

Flavour
Not documented
Texture
Not documented
Colour
Not documented

Microbes at work in this step

Bacillus and moulds such as Aspergillus live in the meju

Method

Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source

At a glance

The Jeungbo sallim gyeongje, finished in 1766, is a Joseon farm-management book that records many kinds of jang, the Korean soybean sauces and pastes. It holds the first record of manchojang, a hot-pepper paste made with dried bean paste, sea kelp and fish, and adds red pepper to several other pastes. This is a text entry; the steps are not yet drawn from the book itself.

What makes this one different

It records many jang ingredients (soybeans, flour, barley, elm, red and blue beans), dried soybean-paste bricks of varied shapes and sizes, and the first hot-pepper paste. Over time Korean jang used only soybeans, and the Chinese-style additions disappeared.

Related ferments

Variants

  • Manchojang (만초장)The first recorded hot-pepper paste: dried bean paste with sea kelp and fish (Kim and Lee 2004).
  • Red pepper in other jangRed pepper added to five kinds of paste and red-pepper powder to two (Kim and Lee 2004).
  • Fish sauceMatured one year, by the same method as in the Gyuhap chongseo (1815) (Kim and Lee 2004).

History and sources

Every number is labelled with how it is known. How this atlas is made

Kim and Lee (2004) compare it with the Eumsik dimibang (1670s), Sallim gyeongje (1715), Gyuhap chongseo (1815) and Joseon mussang sinsik yori jebeop (1930). Korean jang came to use only soybeans; Chinese-style jang with buckwheat, flour and barley later disappeared. The book is 16 volumes in 12 books.

  1. [s1] Kim S.-M., Lee C.-J. 2004, A study on manufacturing of Korean sauce described in "Jeungbosallimgyeongje" (「증보산림경제」의 장류 조리 가공에 관한 연구), Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life 14(3):175–186 (abstract)paper
  2. [s2] English Wikipedia, Chŭngbo sallim kyŏngjewiki