🌶 Red Peppers in Korea🌶

Red Hot Chili Peppers in Korea🌶

Eventually, the Koreans were able to get their hands on the potatoes, corn and the red chili peppers. With the introduction of the red chili pepper, the methods for fermentation had been totally changed, and as a result, this had changed the whole appearance of Kimchi. The red color we see in the Kimchi today was because of the introduction of the red chili pepper. The gochu (Korean red pepper) that goes into Korean traditional fermented foods such as kimchi (fermented cabbage) and gochujang (spicy red pepper paste) usually have a mild spiciness and its Scoville heat unit is less than 1,000.

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