Plum Extract

Korean plum extract is made with Korean green plums by marinating them with honey or sugar for a few months. 

Typically Koreans use this plum extract in a sauce, dipping sauce or marinade sauce. It has a sweet and mildly tangy taste, so when people add this plum extract in a recipe, they reduce the vinegar and/or sugar. 

Plum extract is particularly popular in a meat marinade as it is known to get rid of meat smells and oily taste and also softens the meat.

Another popular way to enjoy this plum extract is drinking it as a tea (hot or cold) by diluting it with some water.