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Sesame seeds

참깨 chamkkae · 芝麻 zhīma · سمسم simsim

Flavor and role: Tiny oily seeds whose nutty aroma comes alive when toasted. There are white and black sesame seeds; black ones are richer.
Typical dishes and uses: Bulgogi, seasoned namul, gimbap, simit and bagel topping, Japanese goma-ae
Substitutes: Replace 1:1 with toasted perilla seeds (different aroma) or a small amount of chopped peanuts.
Storage: Toasted seeds keep 1-2 months sealed at room temperature, 6 months or more refrigerated or frozen. Re-toast in a dry pan for 1-2 minutes just before use to revive the aroma.
Main countries: India · SD · China
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Bánh Xèo with Pork Belly and Gochujang Dipping Sauce Crispy Beef and Broccoli Rice-Paper Dumplings Gochujang Bulgogi Beef Chow Fun (Korean × Cantonese)Crispy Beef Chow Fun Rolls with Sweet Soy Glaze Red-Braised Beef Rice Bowl Gochujang Chimaek Beer-Can Chicken Dolsot Bibimbap with Crispy Rice and Beef Gochujang Crispy Bibimbap Rice Bites Cheesy Mung Bean Kimchi Balls Miso Bolognese Udon Spiced Bossam with Sweet-Spicy Radish Garlic-Soy Bossam Rice Bowl Rough-Puff Potato and Caramelised Onion Bourekas Kimchi-Cheese Bourekas with Gochujang-Honey Glaze (Israeli × Korean)Bourekas Breakfast Sandwich Kimchi and Pork Belly Bratkartoffeln (German × Korean)Kimchi Tuna Mayo Brik White Miso Sesame Swirl Brownies Gochujang Buffalo Wings Cast-Iron Sirloin Bulgogi with Scallion Salad Lemongrass Pork Belly Ssam with Gochujang Nước Chấm (Vietnamese × Korean)Gochujang Chicken Curry Bunny Chow with Kimchi Slaw (Korean x South African)Cá Kho Salmon Donburi Guava, Ham and Cheese Cachito Twists Za'atar, Feta and Olive Oil Damper (Australian × Lebanese)Kimchi Bulgogi Campfire Nachos Kimchi Carbonara Udon Nikkei Causa Maki with Salmon and Acevichado Mayo Nikkei Salmon Ceviche with Soy and Sesame Kimchi Chai Tow Kway (Singaporean × Korean)Six-Strand Honey Challah with Tangzhong and Overnight Proof Honey-Tahini Challah Monkey Bread Kimchi bacon char kway teow Crispy Rice-Paper Char Siu Cheese Dumplings Soaked-Rice Chatamari with Timur Keema and Roasted Tomato Achar Overnight Saffron Chebab with Whipped Cheese and Date Syrup Gochujang Cheese Fondue with Rice Cakes, Sausages and Sweet Potato (Korean x Swiss)Honey Garlic Adobo Wings Miso-Scallion Butter Kyiv Katsu Gochujang Kimchi Chicken Parma (Korean × Australian)Japanese Curry Chicken Pot Pie (Japanese × American)Kimchi-Gochujang Chilaquiles with Melted Mozzarella Gochujang Kimchi Chili Perilla Chimichurri Soy Steak Lettuce Wraps Miso Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies Gochujang Chimichurri Choripán with Buttered Kimchi (Argentine × Korean)Kimchi Pork Belly Chow Mein (Korean x Chinese)Chow Mein Noodle Nest Egg Cups Matcha Cherry Mini Clafoutis Kimchi Colcannon with Gochujang Butter (Irish × Korean)Miso-Butter Salmon Congee with Corn and Nori (Japanese × Cantonese)Red Wine Jjimdak (Korean Braised Chicken)Gochujang chicken and mozzarella coxinha (Korean dakgalbi style)Crêpe Jianbing Bulgogi Croque Monsieur Restaurant-Style Cumin Lamb with a Fresh-Toasted Spice Blend Hand-Cut Dak-kalguksu in Clear Chicken Broth Perilla Oil Chicken Bibim-Kalguksu Bowl Seared Chicken Thigh Dakbokkeumtang with Homemade Chilli Oil Dakbokkeumtang Pot Pie Pear-Marinated Crispy-Skin Iron-Pan Dakgalbi Crunchy Garlic-Chip Dakgangjeong with Rice-Syrup Glaze Orange Dakgangjeong (American-Chinese Orange Chicken × Korean)Dakgangjeong Rice Cake Skewers Thakali-Style Black Lentil Dal Bhat Set Crispy Dal Bhat Rice Cakes with Tomato-Timur Achar Kimchi Cheese Dan Bing with Gochujang Mayo (Taiwanese × Korean)Dan Dan Noodles with Aromatic Red Oil and Fresh Sesame Paste Crispy Dan Dan Rice-Paper Dumplings Doenjang Butter Fried Rice with Crispy Egg Kimchi Cheddar Egg Bites with Gochujang-Honey Drizzle Kimchi Pork Egg Foo Young with Gochujang Gravy (Chinese-American × Korean)Kimchi Pork and Cheese Empanadas Fava and Chickpea Falafel with Parsley Tarator and Sumac Onions Bulgogi Fataya with Gochujang Onion Sauce (Senegalese × Korean)Kimchi Feijão Tropeiro with Sesame Farofa (Brazilian × Korean)Gochujang Chicken Cheese Feteer (Egyptian × Korean)Honey-Tahini Feteer Swirls Gochujang Cream Alfredo Baked Amok Fish Toasts with Lime Mayo Gochujang Tuna-Mayo Fricassé (Tunisian × Korean)Sizzling Galbi Crispy Rice with Pour-Over Broth Kimchi Cheese Stuffed Naan with Gochujang Garlic Butter Anko Germknödel with Black Sesame Sugar (Austrian × Japanese)Salmon Poke Summer Rolls Gochujang Goulash with Korean Rice Cakes Miso and Negi Gratin Dauphinois (French × Japanese)Gochujang Fried Chicken Gua Bao with Pickled Radish Wasabi-Miso Guacamole with Sesame Gyoza Chips Kimchi Cheese Gyoza Kimchi Cheese Gyudon Dongnae-Style Seafood Pajeon with Rice-Flour Batter Hawawshi Puff Pinwheels with Tahini-Yogurt Dip Bulgogi Hayashi Rice (Korean × Japanese)Kimchi Cheese Egg Hoppers with Gochujang Mayo Crispy Hot Honey Salmon Bites with Whipped Feta Busan-Style Seed Hotteok Podi Idli Fries with Coconut Yogurt Dip Kimchi Jambalaya with a Jammy Fried Egg Royal Court Beef Japchae with Braised Noodles Crispy Japchae Rice Paper Dumplings Pear-Marinated Smoky Jeyuk Bokkeum Jeyuk Tacos with Lime Slaw Jeyuk Onigirazu (Korean Rice Sandwich)Hand-Rolled Three-Treasure Jiaozi with Sizzling Chili Dip Baked Dumpling Cups with Chili-Crisp Mayo Fiery Jjamppong Seafood Fried Rice Seared Thigh Andong Jjimdak with Homemade Caramel Harissa-Gochujang Kafteji Bibimbap (Tunisian × Korean)Hotteok Kanelbullar (Korean-Style Pan-Fried Brown Sugar Cinnamon Buns)Yangnyeom Karaage (Korean Sweet-Spicy Glazed Fried Chicken)Miso-Glazed Karnıyarık with Ginger Pork (Turkish × Japanese)Buckwheat Kasha Bibimbap with Gochujang Mushrooms (Russian × Korean)Yangnyeom Katsu Sando with Pickled Radish Slaw (Korean × Japanese)Katsu Sando Salad Bowl Yangnyeom Kelewele: Gochujang-Honey Glazed Plantain (Ghanaian x Korean)Khao Man Gai Bibimbap with Tao Jiao Gochujang Sauce Mango Coconut Kheer (Indian × Thai)Kimchi Pork Khinkali with Soy-Vinegar Dip Yangnyeom Kibbeling (Dutch × Korean)Beef & Braised Burdock Kimbap with Rolled Omelette Teriyaki Salmon Avocado Kimbap Folded Kimbap Square (Four-Quadrant Seaweed Sandwich)Crispy Pork Belly and Aged Kimchi Butter Fried Rice Crispy Aged-Kimchi Jeon with Pork Belly Kimchi Jjigae Cheesy Crispy Fried Rice Mango Kiribath with Salted Coconut Cream (Sri Lankan × Thai)Mitmita Butter Kitfo Bibimbap (Ethiopian x Korean)Gochujang köfte lettuce wraps (ssam)Pine Nut and Peanut Kongguksu with Silky Peeled-Bean Broth Japanese Sesame Soy Milk Cold Soba (Kongguksu × Soba)Butter Soybean Sprout Pot Rice with Soft Egg and Spicy Scallion Soy Kopytka Tteokbokki (Polish × Korean)Brined Soy-Garlic Fried Chicken Lemon-Miso Butter Chicken and Potato Traybake (Greek × Japanese)Kimchi Cheese Kottu with Pork Belly (Sri Lankan × Korean)Herb Kuku Jeon with Soy-Vinegar Dip (Persian x Korean)Kimchi Bulgogi Kumpir (Turkish × Korean)Kung Pao Popcorn Chicken Cups Kimchi gochujang bulgogi lahmacun Lahpet Thoke with Homemade Crunchy Bean Mix Lahpet Soba Noodle Salad (Burmese x Japanese)Lahpet Avocado Crunch Toast with Jammy Egg Matcha White Chocolate Lamingtons Gochujang Lapskaus (Norwegian × Korean)Gochujang Rosé Lasagna Soup Kimchi Bulgogi Lasagna Lion's Head Meatball Bao with Sesame Napa Slaw Miso Kabocha Locro (Argentine × Japanese)Crisp Loukoumades with Orange-Thyme Honey and Walnut-Sesame Brittle Luqaimat Brunch Pancakes with Date-Tahini Butter Matcha White Chocolate Madeleines Ginger-Sesame Madrouba Dakjuk (Emirati × Korean)Cold-Fermented Manakish with Homemade Za'atar and Labneh Kimchi Cheese Manakish with Za'atar Crust and Gochujang Honey Za'atar Cheese Swirl Buns with Honey Drizzle Mango Coconut Dessert Maki Manti Puff Rolls Gochujang & Perilla Margherita Pan Pizza Gochujang Rosé Marry Me Chicken Rice Bowl Matcha Martabak with Sweet Red Bean and Cream Cheese Miso Dulce de Leche Medialunas (Argentine × Japanese)Bulgogi Cheese Pie Miso-Dama: Instant Miso Soup Balls Kimchi Butter Mofongo with Spicy Gochujang Pork Three-Chile Mole Poblano with Plantain and Tomatillo Mole Brownies with Ancho Chile, Almonds and Toasted Sesame Juicy Pork Jhol Momo Gochujang Butter Moules with Sweet Potato Oven Fries Scallion-Sesame Msemen with Ginger-Soy Dip (Moroccan x Chinese)Banana Cream Cheese Mutabbaq Roll Bites with Honey and Pistachio Bibim-naengmyeon Gimbap Kimchi Nasi Goreng Sambal Anchovy Coconut Onigiri Two-Miso Fried Nasu Dengaku Miso Eggplant Cheese Toast Gochujang Pork Nikujaga with Glass Noodles Crispy Nikuman Pork Toast with Karashi Mayo Miso-Glazed Oden Skewers Pork Kimchi Cheese Okonomiyaki with Gochujang Mayo Date and Cardamom Oliebollen with Honey-Orange Syrup (Dutch × Middle Eastern)Crab-Stick Olivier with Gochujang Mayo and Corn (Russian × Korean)Matcha White Chocolate Om Ali (Egyptian × Japanese)Shop-Style Onigiri with Salmon Flakes and Kombu Tsukudani Crispy Rice Spicy Tuna Onigiri Bites Cheesy Dakgalbi Oyakodon Pad See Ew Sticky Soy Wings Gochujang Bulgogi Pad Thai Bulgogi Pastelón (Puerto Rican × Korean)Gochujang bravas Mango Coconut Lime Pavlova Sichuan Chili-Oil Pelmeni Pull-Apart Cheesesteak Sliders Picanha Ssam with Kimchi Vinagrete and Honey Ssamjang Kimchi Cheese Potsticker Pierogi Gochujang Salmon Poke Bowl Spicy Tuna Crispy Rice Bites Gochugaru Honey-Soy Pollo al Ajillo Gochujang Pork Potjie Bulgogi Poutine with Gochujang Gravy and Kimchi Gochujang Chicken Pozole (Korean-Mexican)Gochujang Honey Provoleta (Argentine × Korean)Gochujang Pulled Pork Tacos with Kimchi Slaw Kabocha Miso Pie with Black Sesame Crumb Crust (Japanese × American)Brown Butter Triple-Cheese Quesadilla Matcha Quesadilla with Black Sesame Crust Kimchi Bacon Quesadillas with Gochujang Crema Kimchi Bacon Quiche Kimchi Raggmunk with Gochujang-Glazed Pork Belly (Swedish × Korean)Kimchi Bacon Rakott Krumpli with Gochujang Sour Cream (Hungarian × Korean)Crispy Shoyu Ramen Noodle Pancake Kimchi Rouladen in Gochujang Braise (German × Korean)Gochujang-Honey Roast Lamb with Kimchi Roast Potatoes (Australian × Korean)Bulgogi Roti Jala Wraps with Gochujang Mayo (Malaysian × Korean)Niçoise Soba Salad with Wasabi-Soy Dressing (French × Japanese)Jeju-Style Thick-Cut Pork Belly with Anchovy Dip Gochujang Pork Belly Tacos with Kimchi Salsa Honey-Soy Pork Belly Leek Roll Skewers Rich Double-Stock Samgyetang with Chestnuts and Pine Nuts Samgye Sotbap (Ginseng Chicken Pot Rice)Japanese Curry Beef Samsa (Uzbek x Japanese)Cumin Lamb Samsa Pinwheels with Garlic-Dill Yogurt Dip Sauerbraten Galbi-Jjim (German × Korean)Scallion Oil Egg Toast with Crispy Scallions Scallion Pancake Twists with Sriracha Mayo Charcoal Dharan Sekuwa with Sesame-Radish Achar Chicken Sekuwa Crispy Chiura Bowl with Cucumber-Sesame Achar Tihar Ghee Sel Roti with Aloo Achar Matcha Black Sesame Semla (Swedish × Japanese)Sichuan Shredded-Chicken Cold Noodles with Homemade Sesame Paste Gochujang Sesame-Peanut Bibim Guksu (Korean × Chinese)Dashi Shabu-Shabu with Homemade Ponzu and Egg Zosui Cold Shabu Salad Bowl with Sesame Ponzu Kimchi Gochujang Shakshuka Shan Noodles with Slow-Cooked Tomato Pork and Crispy Shallots Galbi-jjim Short Rib Ragù with Rice Cakes (Korean × Italian)Hojicha White Miso Shortbread Rounds (Scottish × Japanese)Sizzling Sisig Kimchi Bibimbap with Gochujang-Calamansi Sauce (Filipino × Korean)Miso Caramel Skillingsboller (Japanese × Norwegian)Bulgogi Smash Burger with Butter Kimchi and Gochujang Mayo Teriyaki Salmon Smørrebrød with Wasabi Mayo Gochujang Pork Souvlaki Wrap with Sesame Tzatziki Kimchi Assassina Spaghetti (Korean x Apulian)Spiral Spanakopita with Three Cheeses Hot Spanakopita Dip with Sesame Phyllo Crisps Crispy-Skin Salmon Rice Bowl with Ginger-Scallion Oil White Miso Sticky Toffee Pudding with Miso Butterscotch Gochujang Chicken Stroganoff Gochujang-Butter Sujebi Bites Gochujang Rosé Cream Meatball Rice Bowl Bulgogi Tacos with Kimchi Slaw Lamb Tagine with Prunes and Almonds Gochujang Sweet Potato Chicken Tagine Gochujang Kimchi Tahdig with Fried Eggs Gochujang-Honey Popcorn Chicken (Korean Yangnyeom Style)Bulgogi Beef and Cheese Tamales (Korean x Mexican)Ningbo-Style Lard Tangyuan with Jujube-Ginger Syrup and Osmanthus Black Sesame Tangyuan in Pandan Coconut Milk (Chinese × Thai)Crispy Pan-Fried Black Sesame Tangyuan with Ginger Brown-Sugar Caramel and Ice Cream Shrimp Tempura Onigirazu Kimchi-Cheese Tequeños with Gochujang Honey Mayo (Venezuelan × Korean)Tequeño Pull-Apart Ring with Guava-Chilli Dip Teriyaki Chicken & Egg Mayo Rice Bowl Caramel Pork and Egg Mayo Toast Three-Cup Glazed Chicken Skewers with Crispy Basil Beef Thukpa with Hand-Pulled Noodles and Timur Chilli Oil Tomato Jam Scrambled Egg Brunch Toast Thick-Cut Rosu Katsu, Double-Fried Cheese Katsu Onigirazu Black Sesame Torta della Nonna with Honey-Glazed Pine Nuts (Italian × Korean)Tourtière Sausage Rolls with Maple-Mustard Dip Beef Brisket Tteokbokki with Chili Oil and Jammy Eggs Crispy Honey-Gochujang Rice Cake Bites with Cheddar Dip Clear Brisket Broth Tteokguk with Traditional Garnishes Tteokguk Cream Gratin Gochujang Butter Yogurt Pasta Crispy Tofu-Pouch Udon Salad Bowl Bulgogi Vetkoek Sliders with Kimchi Mayo (South African × Korean)Miso Cream Chicken and Shiitake Vol-au-vent (Belgian × Japanese)Kimchi Cheese Yakisoba Yakitori Rice Burger Yangzhou Crispy Rice Squares with Spicy Shrimp Mayo Bulgogi Yorkshire Pudding Bowls Gochujang-Honey Yuca Fries with Kimchi Curtido Yukgaejang Bibim-myeon (Spicy Beef Mixed Noodles)Crispy Baked Yuxiang Eggplant Fries with Chilli-Garlic Glaze Zaalouk Puff Pastry Tart with Feta and Honey

Updated 2026-10-10