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This recipe is a three-ingredient vegan compound butter featuring spicy gochujang and charred scallions. The ultimate spicy butter for just about any recipe that needs a kick! 

a while bowl filled with spicy butter with a spoon resting inside

What Makes This Recipe Great

This spicy, homemade compound butter is the ultimate flavor combination! Gochujang + charred scallions create a deep, savory, and spicy butter mixture that is out of this world. If you haven’t tried my miso butter, that’s an amazing compound butter recipe too! 

Add this deliciously spicy butter to pasta, on toast, cooked into the rice, fried rice, or anywhere you’d normally use butter, but want to add a nice kick! 

All you need is 3 ingredients and 15 minutes for this easy, homemade spicy butter!

Ingredient Notes

ingredients to make a spicy compound butter
  • Vegan butter: You’ll need 1 cup of softened butter. Use vegan options like Miyoko’s or Earth Balance sticks. 
  • Scallions: You’ll need one bunch of scallions, about 8-10 stalks. 
  • Gochujang: You can use store-bought gochujang (Korean red pepper paste), or try my homemade gluten-free gochujang recipe

Step-by-Step Instructions

a metal mixing bowl with recipe ingredients inside
  1. Slice the scallions in half lengthwise, then place them face down on a baking tray. Use a blowtorch to char and blacken the scallions. Flip and repeat. Alternatively, you can char them on a skillet or grill them.
  2. Let scallions cool, then thinly slice on the horizontal.
  3. Add scallions, gochujang, and softened butter to a mixing bowl and fold until evenly combined, or mix together in a stand mixer. Transfer to an airtight container to set.
a dollop of butter on a white plate

How to Use Spicy Butter

This butter has so many uses. I recommend you experiment with it and add a little to a variety of recipes that call for butter and spice. Some of my favorite ways to use it:

Expert Tips

  • It’s important to use vegan butter, not a buttery spread, or coconut oil-based butter. You need to use one that stands at room temperature or it will completely melt into a liquid.

Storage Tips

  • Store leftover spicy butter in an airtight container in the refrigerator and use it within 5 days. 
  • To freeze, store in a freezer-safe container and store for up to 6 months. 
an overhead shot of a white bowl with compound butter and a white spoon resting on the side

Recipe FAQs

What is compound butter?

Simply put, it’s seasoned butter. It can be sweet, herby, or spicy butter with a variety of ingredients added. This recipe adds gochujang and scallions for a savoury and spicy flare. 

What is compound butter made of?

Typically it is made with regular butter and ingredients like herbs, garlic, and more. This recipe uses vegan butter to make it sans animal products. 

Try These Spicy Gochujang Recipes

Vegan Chili with Gochujang

Gochujang Spicy Hummus

Gochujang Crispy Persian Rice

If you make this Spicy Butter Recipe, be sure to let me know what you think with a comment below! Follow me on Instagram for more delicious recipes!

Spicy Gochujang Compound Butter

Servings: 10 servings
Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 3 minutes
This recipe is a three-ingredient vegan compound butter featuring spicy gochujang and charred scallions. The ultimate spicy butter for just about any recipe that needs a kick! 

Equipment

  • stand mixer optional
  • blowtorch optional

Ingredients 

  • 1 bunch scallions about 8-10 stems
  • 1 cup vegan butter* softened
  • 2-3 tbsp gochujang

Instructions 

Char Scallions

  • Slice scallions lengthwise in half and place face down on a heat safe tray (like a baking sheet). Using a blowtorch, char the scallion to blacken slightly then flip and repeat on the other side. If you don't have a blowtorch, you can char them in a pan until slightly blackened.
  • After charring, thinly slice the scallions and set aside.

Make Gochujang Butter

  • Add softened butter to a stand mixer along with gochujang and scallions. Mix until combined and smooth, then transfer to a container to let stand. Store in the refrigerator or use immediately if you prefer it soft.

Notes

Expert Tips

  • It’s important to use vegan butter, not a buttery spread, or coconut oil-based butter. You need to use one that stands at room temperature or it will completely melt into a liquid.

Storage Tips

  • Store leftover spicy butter in an airtight container in the refrigerator and use it within 5 days. 
  • To freeze, store in a freezer-safe container and store for up to 6 months. 

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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