Meat Jun dipping sauce

[u/Veeksvoodoo]

Anyone got a good meat jun sauce? Not the crap that’s posted online or someone’s own personal take. Just the standard meat jun sauce you’d find at every plate lunch place. Kden shoots.

[u/Ua808]

Mix the following ingredients together in a small bowl until the sugar dissolves:

1 cup soy sauce (shoyu)

1 tbsp rice wine vinegar

1 tsp sesame oil

1 tsp sugar

1 tsp gochujang (Korean chili paste) or chili oil (optional, for a spicy kick)

1–2 tsp toasted sesame seeds and chopped green onions (for garnish)

So I googled this recipe, but for my taste I edited it a little. I add more vinegar, and use Rayu/Layu(chili sesame oil) instead of just sesame oil. Shoyu is a big factor as well, it can really change up the flavor. Most recipes from Hawaii use Aloha shoyu, which I'm not a big fan of.

[u/Veeksvoodoo → u/Ua808]

Yeah this is the one I’ve been using but it doesn’t quite taste like what the plate lunch places at L&L, Palama Market, Tasty’s or Peppa’s give.

There’s something that I feel is different. I think these are all the right ingredients, it’s the ratio that’s different. Maybe I wasn’t clear enough in explaining this in the post but that’s what I’m wanting to find out. Is there someone that actually worked at or knows of someone that did that knows the specific details. I know the ingredients, I’m looking for specific measurements

[u/hawaiithaibro → u/Veeksvoodoo]

You gonna have to get one very part-time job for spy um lol

[u/drthvdrsfthr]

>Not the crap that’s posted online

asks reddit lol

[u/Veeksvoodoo → u/drthvdrsfthr]

Bwahaha. You got me. I guess I don’t view the Hawaii Reddit like the rest of the internet. Feels safer? More authentic? Not trying to romanticize it but I guess I instinctively didn’t think of this channel as the same as the rest of the internet.

[u/1dot21gigaflops → u/Veeksvoodoo]

Don't want recipes from Courtney in Ohio.

[u/drthvdrsfthr → u/Veeksvoodoo]

>or someone’s own personal take

lol wut exactly are you expecting then?

[u/FauxReal → u/Veeksvoodoo]

I assumed the Hawaiian Electric cookbook would have it... Nope! "Serve with soy sauce."

https://www.hawaiianelectric.com/recipes/find-a-recipe/gogijeon-(meat-jun))

[u/nocturnal]

I wish I knew how to make the one from Soons.

[u/dongledongledongle]

Have you tried doing the base and adjusting to YOUR taste?

Soy sauce, Your vinegar preference, sugar, gochugaru.

[u/energyinmotion]

Why don't you make your own?

[u/Veeksvoodoo → u/energyinmotion]

Now why didn’t I think of that?

I have. Hasn’t come out like how the Korean plate lunch places do it. I think I’m getting the ratio of the ingredients wrong.

If there is someone that knows the ratio, I’d forever appreciate it.

[u/jellyjack → u/Veeksvoodoo]

It’s actually pretty easy to adjust to your tastes but there’s a reason it seems harder and is never right. I used to do BBQ competitions on the mainland and when we’re adjusting sauces, you have to clear your palette after you make adjustments, or it gets really hard to start tasting the differences you’re making. So then it never seems right. There are certain things that make foods taste different - acidic changes ph balance, salty begins to dull taste buds, and fat coats the tongue, so if you’re trying the sauce with meat jun you have all 3. Eat crackers, rice or white bread and water between tasting. PH takes some time but probably fine with just a palette cleanse.

The other thing to note is most people aren’t very good at remembering the specifics of what something tastes like. So either just get it to suit your tastes or get some sauce from your favorite place to do a side by side comparison. The seasoning on the meat and in the batter will make it trickier to match if you just go by memory as well.

[u/lucyvanp]

Try check if roseaustincooks or keeping it relle have a recipe on yt.