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doenjang

doenjang noun: a thick salty paste made from fermented soybeans, used in Korean cuisine.

Noun

doenjang (uncountable)

  1. A thick salty paste made from fermented soybeans, used in Korean cuisine.
    • Eun Hee An, chef and owner of Melbourne’s Moon Mart (the eatery is currently relocating from its West Melbourne spot), says her grandma used to make doenjang from scratch when she was growing up in Korea. “It was always our breakfast soup. So I grew up eating doenjang jjigae every day in my life,”...2024 September 25, Jane Lee, “‘Jjigae is comfort food of the highest order’: my obsession with cooking Korea’s best-loved soups”, in The Guardian

doenjang meaning in Thai and Vietnamese

doenjang in Thai

Translations
ทเว็นจัง

doenjang in Vietnamese

Translations
doenjang

Origin of doenjang

Borrowed from Korean 된장 (doenjang).

Questions about doenjang

What does doenjang mean?
Doenjang means a thick salty paste made from fermented soybeans, used in Korean cuisine.
What is doenjang in Thai?
Doenjang in Thai is ทเว็นจัง. See Doenjang meaning in Thai.
What part of speech is doenjang?
Doenjang is a noun.

Words near doenjang in the dictionary

  1. doelings
  2. Doell
  3. Doells
  4. Doenges
  5. Doengeses
  6. doenjang
  7. doenjang-jjigae
  8. doer
  9. doer-upper
  10. doer-upperer
  11. doer-upperers

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