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.
Hi Aeri, I would like to win again. I want to try using YounDoo for my Filipino cooking (Philippines). One recipe that comes to mind and easy to do is Chicken/Pork Adobo with Aligue Fried Rice with Kesong Puti.
Thanks in advance! God Bless!
Abi π
And Yes I’m willing to share my recipes. And I’m a U.S. Resident.
I hope this is where i submit my entry to your contest!
1. I have never used Youndoo before (and i am Korean too) but based on what i read…i guess i would use it for meat.
2. I would probably try to use some to marinate my meat when i make meatballs. I like to make spaghetti with homemade meatballs and i will try to substitute some Youndoo instead of some Worcestershire sauce. The ingredients for Youndoo sounds like it would match my italiam meatball recipe since it contains some mushroom, onion, and garlic.
3. I live in the US, los angeles, CA to be specific.
4. I would probably try to use it mostly for Korean food cooking or japanese food.
5. I would be willing to share the recipe (as long as it turns out okay!)
Well, i love your videos and I hope to hear from you!
I am wondering what part of the store I will find this in. Is it in the refrigerated section or just on the shelf?
you can find them in Sauce Section shelf.
But only in Korean market. π
Hello, Aeri! I live in the US right now. Iβm really excited to get the chance to try Youndoo because I never heard of something like this before. I would like to share with you the recipe that is very close to my heart, homemade Cantonese-style wontons. These wontons are filled with shrimp and minced pork and has seasonings such as sesame oil, white pepper, and green onion. What is so special about them is that they are uniquely Southern Chinese style wonton. Shrimp and seafood is more available in Southern China because itβs close to the sea. Northern-style wontons have cabbage and pork only! I think Youndoo would add a special taste to the wonton and I would love to try Youndoo in this recipe. Usually my parents would add something secret to the recipe that adds as a flavor booster but I think Youndoo would work too! I would gladly share the full recipe and pictures if I get a chance to. Thank you so much Aeri!
It would be awesome to win, because I’ve never used such a product, and I love trying new things! I’m a “semi” vegetarian for health reasons, so I would use it to flavor seitan, which is a fake meat make from mixing wheat gluten with water. I would probably fry it up with udon noodles, vegetable stock, onions, mushrooms, and bell peppers. (and possibly leeks)
I live in the USA. And, sure, I’d share my recipe.
Cassie
Hi Cassie,
You are one of the winners for Youndoo contest. I sent you an e-mail a week ago and asked your home address to send you the prize. However, I didn’t hear anything from you yet. So I leave a reply here again. Please contact me and send me your home address so we can send you a prize.
Love,
Aeri
Hi Aeri!
I will most likely use YounDoo in my family’s usual Vietnamese dishes, or general foods that I will be making for my family. Since it is not made from ‘animals’ it will be perfect for when I make vegetarian foods. Also it being a flavor enhancer, having it on hand will always be a plus!
Thank You!
PalBokEe (US)
I would Love to try this flavorful sauce. I have seen it in your recipes before and wanted to try it.
I do live in the U.S.
I really like this sauce because I have a friend who is vegetarian and it is always nice to use things that can add more flavor when cooking for her. My friend really loves tofu and Mapo Tofu especially. I use vegan substitute meat when I make it for her, And adding more flavor to that is always a good thing I think this sauce would be perfect!
I would share my recipes if I got it as well! Thank you
Hi Eli,
You are one of the winners for Youndoo contest. I sent you an e-mail a week ago and asked your home address to send you the prize. However, I didn’t hear anything from you yet. So I leave a reply here again. Please contact me and send me your home address so we can send you a prize.
Love,
Aeri
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1. I would put it in some kind of guk π like egg guk or fishcake soup!
2.I’m going to put this in, and reduce the amount of salt, or soy sauce! or I will put it in if my dish is lacking flavor !
3.United States of America π !
4. Guk( SOUP) !!!
5.Yes! Of course xP !!!
Dear Aeri,
I may have had Youndoo in Korean food prepared by someone else, but I wasn’t aware of it. I just googled various articles about it and I think I’d like to try it in some of my family’s ancestral German recipes, perhaps Rouladen or Koenigsberger Klops. If the description of the flavor I read in the articles is accurate, I think it might be a pleasant surprise for my family and friends.
I live in Southwest Harbor, Maine, and I’d be happy to share whatever happens with my recipes.
i would love to win it! β
Hi Aeri! π
First, I’d like to thank you and Sempio for the chance to win this product.
After reading everything you posted about this product, I think it sounds pretty amazing. I would love to try this!
The Youndoo liquid seasoning sounds very versitile and I think I could find many things to use it in! I cook many different types of food, American, Chinese, Mexican, Japanese, and Italian. I’m sure I could use it in every style of cooking such as Hamburgers, General Tso’s tofu, Enchiladas, Udon noodle soups, and Steak carbonara. I cook many meals for my dad, who is an VERY picky eater, so it’s hard to get him to eat healthier meals. I try to sneak extra nutrients to him. Haha! I live in the southern USA, where fried foods and gravies are very popular, it’s incredibly hard to find ways to make foods healthier. His favorite dish that I make is Stacked Beef Enchiladas. I layer a mixture of ground beef, garlic, onion and various spices with a red enchilada sauce, sharp cheedar cheese and corn tortillas. I believe the Youdoo would work very well in the meat mixture as a replacement for the salt. I am always trying to use less salt, because of my fathers health, as well as mine.
I have a large family and I would definitly let them know what I think, I would also love to send you a review and pictures of my dishes cooked with Youdoo.
Thank y’all again!! π
Hi Kara,
You are one of the winners for Youndoo contest. I sent you an e-mail a week ago and asked your home address to send you the prize. However, I didn’t hear anything from you yet. So I leave a reply here again. Please contact me and send me your home address so we can send you a prize.
Love,
Aeri
Never heard of YounDgoo before but from the description think it would work well with my Korean or American stews. Like the “depth of seasoning” part of the description the most. Live in USA. Am willing to share my recipe. Thank you for this contest!
Hi Eve,
You are one of the winners for Youndoo contest. I sent you an e-mail a week ago and asked your home address to send you the prize. However, I didn’t hear anything from you yet. So I leave a reply here again. Please contact me and send me your home address so we can send you a prize.
Love,
Aeri
Hi Arei,
my name is Hannah and I think youndoo can be used in steak as a sauce or a marinade. I live in California but its kind of hard to get korean ingredients because of the prices π so when i do have a chance i use them in your recipes π thank u for all ur help π
Hi Aeri :D,
I would use it for flavoring tofu because o-o i just like eating stuff with tofu i guess… Since tofu is very bland, but you can use it for flavoring many korean foods. Im a USA resident :D. Yes i would share my receipe. π
Hi, Aeri! I would use YounDoo with any kind of soup-based food. I have never had it before, but based on your explanation and how you used in your previous videos I would use it just like λ€μλ€. You know some people use λ€μλ€ at the end of the cooking to give that savory flavor to the food. But YounDoo is a lot healthier than λ€μλ€ (since no MSG!), so it would be perfect for adding flavor in my cooking. As far as other food, I would also think it would go well with soup like chicken noodle soup and french onion soup. Whenever I make soup, I always taste that the flavor is not full as if something is missing. I would use YounDoo in those cases and I believe it would give me that flavor I am looking for.
I live in the midwest of U.S. and yes I will share my recipe and picture using Youndoo.
We have a blog and we plan to use this in lots of our cooking ! We will post the recipe that we create and we live in the United States. I plan to add this to a spicy pork tofu dish or even on top of Samgyupsal in lettuce ! I will also reference back that we won this product on your site so that our readers can also enjoy your delicious recipes π
I plan to use this with fried rice and soups ! I want to mix it with simple fried rice and make it extra ordinary. I am willing to share any of the recipes i create and i live in the United States π
Hi! Thank you so much for this giveaway! u sometime use them in some of your video and I’m curious of what it taste like. Now finally i have a chance to taste it. i think i will most likely to use it in simple asian stir fried or noodle soup. i will definitely share my recipe when i make it. i do live in the US. π Once again Thank you for this opportunity!
Hi Aeri,
First of all, I love watching your videos and Bryson’s cameo appearances in some of your videos. (He is such a cute boy!)
For Yondoo, I think I will most often use it for marinating chicken breasts for my salad. I bring my own lunch to work and I marinate chicken breast before I grill it. Or I can definitely see me using Yondoo for my tofu dishes.
If I win this contest, I will invite my friends over for a dinner party in both San Jose and Seattle (I work between the two) and throw a “Yondoo Party” cooking all my favorite Korean and other international dishes using soy sauce, substituting it with Yondoo.
I live in the US and I will be happy to share my recipes if needed.
Keep up the great work and god bless you and your family.
Sincerely,
MJ
I would Love to try YounDoo – I have looked for it everywhere and can’t find it to try it!
My family is vegetarian so we’d love to try it as part of a marinade for Tempeh and/or veggies, as part of a bean burger mix, and on eggs (we have our own chickens and love experimenting with eggs!!)
We live in the US and we’d be more than happy to share the recipes and experiences – my kids love getting their picture taken trying new foods.
I cook for my family for I am a stay at home mom who home schools our children. Good meals are important to us and I am always looking for new ways to cook for them. I am always cooking fried rice with different veggies and meat for our meals because its fast and very good. I think that this would put an new spin on that. Getting Korean ingredients in the area that I live is very very hard, we have no stores like that for quite a distance and I grew up eating Korean food that my step grandmother and Aunt cooks who were from Korea themselves. I live in USA and would love to try this for my family.
Hi RjnKjn,
You are one of the winners for Youndoo contest. I sent you an e-mail a week ago and asked your home address to send you the prize. However, I didn’t hear anything from you yet. So I leave a reply here again. Please contact me and send me your home address so we can send you a prize.
Love,
Aeri
Hello Aeri!
I am a teenager living in the East Coast, USA and I would love to try Youndoo by Sempio. While I am not Korean, I have a large passion for asian and korean cultures and food. I tend to cook Korean dishes! Some of my favourite being Kimchi Fried rice, bulgogi and galbi, I’ve made so much with your recipes! I wouldn’t be able to stop making Korean cooking with the Youndoo, especially if it brought out the delicious flavour. I’d also use it for american dishes too-I love an all purpose flavour enhancer. I’d marinade meats and veggies in it and sprinkle it on rice dishes as well. I love things that bring out the destinct flavour of cooking! A one stop shop!
Thank you so much for this contest!
May God bless your home and children <3
Misha π
oh! and I’d love to be able to submit pictures for a review!
Misha π
Hi Misha,
You are one of the winners for Youndoo contest. I sent you an e-mail a week ago and asked your home address to send you the prize. However, I didn’t hear anything from you yet. So I leave a reply here again. Please contact me and send me your home address so we can send you a prize.
Love,
Aeri
Hello Aeri,
My plan, if I am chosen, would be to use Youndoo in two dishes I prepare for my wife and I on a frequent basis: Chili and Spaghetti and Meatballs. A trick I learned years ago from a Kikkoman rep was to replace the salt in some of my soups and sauces with soy sauce. I believe Youndoo can be used in a very similar manner with even better results. These are two dishes that I believe most families around the world would benefit from seeing as they help stretch one’s food budget.
I am located in the US, Michigan to be exact. And I would be thrilled to share the recipes and pictures, possibly even video, with your readers.
Hello Aeri, thanks for keeping the contests going. Youndoo sounds very similar to miso so I bet it would make a great youndoo soup with some kelp, scallions a bit of tofu, mushrooms and water. Fermented soy products are also great as a base for salad dressings – blend with some fresh ginger, lime juice, some raw cashews and you have a creamy dressing that is also great on chilled soba noodles topped with crispy nori. Youndoo could make a great addition to a vegan kimchi, rather than using just soy as a replacement for fish sauce. A bit of youndoo with extra water or combo with soy sauce would keep the kimchi flavorful. Since tofu is naturally bland you could marinate it in youndoo before grilling, frying or sauteeing for lots of umami.I’m living in the USA so I am happy to have access to foods from cultures all over the world. In my day job I am a Culinary Demo Specialist so it is my passion to share my food, recipes and techniques with others. It would be my pleasure to share pictures as well. Thanks again, good luck everyone! π
I would try to use it as a base for marinating the meat for enchiladas or tacos. I already use Hot Pepper Paste in it so to simmer the meat (chicken, beef or pork) with Youndoo might bring out a sweet flavor to the spicy meal. Iβd also like to try it when I make the Chinese dish Red Cooked Pork which might give an even better taste. Iβd also like to try to see if I could make a base for Chicken Katsudon with it. Cut the soy sauce and add some Youndoo to it. Also maybe add it to the homemade dipping sauce. Iβm from the USA, Iβd love to share some recipes and pictures of anything that comes out editable!!
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. π
Thanks
Cindy
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
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. π
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! π
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 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!! π
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!! π
I will definitely share more recipes with you later!!
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
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.)^^
bibimbap — not that it needs any more enhancing in flavors
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.
π 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! π π π π π
I would use Sempio Youndoo in dipping sauce for mandu
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 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
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.