Hi Everyone! Today is the last day of March 2012. Spring is my favorite season. How about yours? I hope that everybody is having a great 2012 so far. Thank you for visiting today and for your comments.
Today, I want to talk about a fun event with you in April: the Sempio YounDoo Experience Corps 2. If you are a long time follower of my blog, you might remember a similar event in 2010. The winners who had the chance to try Youndoo then gave very positive reviews about it.
Every now and then, I list Youndoo in some of my recipes as an optional ingredient. Many people wonder what it is. Basically, it is a good product that adds extra savory flavor to your food. It can be used not only in Korean food, but also in food from other countries. I think it would be great if you share your experience using it with other people. We decided to give more people a chance to try Youndoo this time around. We are looking for 30 people who would love to try Youndoo and share their recipes using it with us later.
To enter to this event:
- Think of food where you can use Youndoo. It does not have to be Korean food. We would like to see how Youndoo can be put to good use for food from other countries too.
- Leave a comment below this post, and tell me your plan.
- Mention what country you live in now.
- What kind of food will you use with Youndoo?
- Are you willing to share the recipe and pictures with us later in a review?
We will pick 30 winners and give each qualifying winner one bottle of Sempio Youndoo. This event will end April 28, 2012 midnight EST. I will announce the winners’ names at end of April or beginning of May 2012 on my blog.
This contest will be only open to USA residents because international shipping is too expensive, and all of my Sempio events are sponsored by Sempio USA. I am very sorry to my international viewers. Please understand this situation. If you are under 18 years old, you need to get permission from your parents or guardian. Good luck to everybody.
P.S.
If you never tried Youndoo before, you might be wondering how you can use it. The following are some helpful tips. Youndoo will add extra flavor to different kinds of food such as meat, soup, noodles, or side dishes. It is especially good with meat. It probably will not work very well with desserts or sweet things. It is not exactly like soy sauce, but it is similar. It is concentrated, so you do not want to add too much because it can make your food too salty. Just drizzle little bit of it in your dish to improve the flavor. If you use MSG, this can be a substitute.
Aeri you are so nice as same your sons I love your video now I am ten years old so I can not participate in the event right
hi Noor,
Thanks for your comment. You are cute. Nice to meet you.
I am a fan of you you are super thanks I will say you about me I live in Bahrain Iam ten years old my mother love korean food
Hi I love your cooking I want to participate in the contest bu I am not 18 years old
hi Noor,
Oops, this event is over long time ago. For next time, if you are under 18 years old, you can still can enter to the contest with your parents or guidance’s permission. Thanks
I would use Sempio Youndoo in dipping sauce for mandu
😛 Hello little sister, In Guatemala I get Sempio products but I use more often since you are involved with them. I alwasy have Sempio SOy sauce and YounDoo I use to all my food. Korean or not this product goes well with egss, meats, all! 🙂 😕 😎 😆 🙄
Hello!
Growing up I was always told to use a sprinkle of “flavor crystals.” Later I realized that the little “flavor crystals” turned out to be MSG. Instead of finding a replacement, I just opted out of using it. I think it would be great to use YounDoo in simple stir frys. Beef and broccoli type stuff. I’d definitely want to try it on some steamed pork spare ribs too! The possibilities seem endless. I currently live in central California so my options for anything asian feels quite limited. I’m definitely willing to share and exchange recipe ideas.
bibimbap — not that it needs any more enhancing in flavors
I would probably use youndo for scramble eggs or other eggs dishes. I love eggs and this will be interesting. I also want to have my parents use it in their meat dishes. I think they may like it. (I want them to try it to see if they can cut back on the salt and msg.)^^
Hi,
I’d love to see youndoo used in burgers and especially lamb meat. Sometimes its hard to get rid of the gamey taste of lamb. But I’ve made lamb burgers before and I want to create a new dish using youndoo in lamb meatballs and using panko or cooked rice in it. And then pair the meatballs with a tangy bbq sauce using youndoo or a teriyaki sauce.
I’m also thinking of a family style chinese dish, which slices of meat stir fry with broccoli.
I’m in Washington DC right now. I’ve used youndoo in a lot of my korean cooking. usually stews like miyuk guk, soondubu.
I have a blog where I’ve mentioned using youndoo and I will definitely post pictures and write a review!
Thanks
Mabel
Hi, Aeri.
I am very excited to enter this contest. I am a big fan of your videos and followed most of your recipes. I live in San Diego and I was actually able to buy yundoo at the Korean market store. I have made two dishes with the yundoo and just turned out to be soooo great that I really want to share with you. we are also Facebook friends that I will definitely send you my pictures!! 🙂
1. Shabu shabu : first I boiled water with few dried kelp along with few table spoons of yundoo and few table spoons of udon base. I served it with assorted vegetables and thinly sliced beef. It tasted so great. It is easy to make and everyone loved it. ( I have made this before without yundoo but with few table spoons of yundoo made the taste so much better!!! )
2. Grilled salmon with cabbage:
I first shredded the cabbage and onions thinly and placed on top of the aluminum foil and set the oven to 350 degrees. I marinated the salmon with 1/4 spoons with miso paste, 1 table spoon of sesame oil, 1/2 table spon of ginger, 1/2 table spoon of cooking wine, 2 table spoons of soy sauce, and 1/2 table spoon of yundoo (and of course little hint of salt and pepper!! ), I put them in a plastic bag for about an hour and placed the chunk of salmon on top of cabbage and onion and cooked for 20-25 min. It turned out to be Soooooo Good. My fiancee and I loved it soooo much!! 🙂
I will definitely share more recipes with you later!!
1. I will use Youndoo to modify the recipe of ‘Taiwan Three-cup Chicken’, which requires equal portion of soy sauce, rice wine, and sesame oil, finish with the aroma of basil. I will also use Youndoo to modify Cantonese soy chicken. I also want to pan fry shrimps with it. What a quick delicious meal!
2. I like how Youndoo contains extract of delicious vegetables. I can imagine how flavorful it is and go well with almost every single ingredient. I think it is a time saver to make a quick soup with my favorite ingredients without pre-boiling onions/anchovies for half an hour.
3. USA
4. Chicken/ Shrimp/ Sea plant soup/ Egg drop soup/ Wonton soup/ Steam egg…
5. Yes, I will be delighted to share my recipe if I am selected.
Thank you.
Hi Aeri,
I would actually like to use the YounDoo for all my cooking, but since I have to choose one, I would choose to use it in Gumbo. 😛
Gumbo is a Southern American stew with meat (chicken, beef), seafood (shrimp, fish), and stewed vegetables like okra, tomatoes, onions, potatoes, carrots….and then there are also spices and sauce.
YounDoo would work perfect with Gumbo’s meats and flavors!
Yes, I’m a US resident and yes I am willing to share my recipe and pictures! Thanks for this opportunity! 😀
I am living in Michigan, USA. I have never used anything like Youndoo before, but I love to experiment when I have time. Since my boyfriend loves to have chicken on Sundays, I think it would be great to add to different sauces that are used for the chicken. I think it would also be good to add some flavor to the egg mixture used when making breaded chicken. And I’d love to share any recipes I come up with! I don’t know if I could make a video for them, but I could definitely write something up.
Becky
I am currently residing at Washington, DC. This product will be on my list to try. I am Indonesian and my husband is Peruvian so I cooked all different kinds of foods. A dish that I’d like to try using this youndoo product would be Lomo Saltado which is a Peruvian dish. I think the youndoo would enriched the salty and sweet flavor to this dish. Also, since I cook a lot of Peruvian foods, there are several dishes that came in my mine to use youndoo as an additional flavorful condiments. I would love to share my recipes with you. 😛
Thanks
Cindy