“Our Spicy Korean Bulgogi BBQ Sauce is a delicious sweet and tangy glaze or dipping sauce for crispy dried chicken, plan drives salmon, stir fry’s and noodles.”
I’m quite partial to the flavours of Korea, so this sauce really caught my attention.
Quite an ingredients list on this one (including soy beans, rice flour, sesame oil), but nothing that looked out horribly artificial.
In keeping with the description, the consistency of the sauce is relatively thick; it’ll definitely stay-put if something’s dunked or it’s dripped over. Some small pieces of chilli are visible in the sauce, which I like, as I feel it adds some textural interest as compared to a fully blended sauce.
Taste wise .. a little disappointing to be honest. A slightly spicy jam; the sauce is very sweet and for me, the sweetness was so dominating it significantly masked out other flavours, although they do come through more in the aftertaste. It certainly has that tangy, spicy, chilli profile that I associated with Korean food, I just really wish it didn’t have 27g of sugar per 100ml (even though I appreciate that some of that is coming from the tomato and apple, not all refined sugar).
In terms of heat, it’s not particularly hot – there’s a little burst of heat, but it’s not particularly intense and fades quickly.
4/10 – For me, far too sweet & lacking a little of the punch that I’d associated with Korean cuisine.