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How to Heat Ottogi 3 Minute Curry: Boil the Pouch or Microwave It

3분 카레sambun kare
Short answer
  • Boil the sealed pouch: Boil the unopened pouch for about 3 minutes, then pour it over rice.
  • Microwave: Pour it over cooked rice in a microwave-safe dish, cover with plastic wrap, heat 2 minutes at 700 W.

From the pack text and the maker’s website. Full steps and sources below.

Curry rice
Curry rice: the dish, not the Ottogi product. Photo: Ocdp, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Ottogi’s 3 Minute Curry is a ready-made Korean curry sauce with potato and carrot, sold in a 190 g (6.7 oz) pouch that keeps at room temperature. It comes in mild, medium and hot.

How to cook it

Boil the sealed pouch about 3 min[2][3]

  1. Put the unopened pouch into boiling water.
  2. Boil for about 3 minutes.
  3. Lift it out (the pack suggests putting a chopstick through the hole in the pouch) and pour the curry over cooked rice or noodles.

Microwave 2 min (700 W)[1][2][3]

  1. Pour the curry over cooked rice in a microwave-safe container. Use a container, not the pouch.
  2. Cover with plastic wrap.
  3. Heat for 2 minutes at 700 W.

Label facts

From the pack영양정보·표시사항
Pouch size
190 g (6.7 oz) [1][4]
Spice levels
Mild, Medium, Hot. Ottogi calls the hottest one Spicy; US shelves use Mild, Medium Hot and Hot. [1][8][4]
Storage
Room temperature, in a cool, dry place [1][3]
Calories
Two label versions are around: 140 or 160 kcal per pouch, depending on the listing. Read your pouch. [5][7]
Ingredients to know
US ingredient lists include milk and beef extract, so it isn’t vegetarian. The Hot version also lists wheat flour. [6][7]

We couldn’t find the printed “Contains” line for the US pouch, so check your pouch if you have an allergy.

Korean words on this pack

Tap the speaker to hear each word. More in the label words list.

  • 카레karecurry
  • 순한맛sunhanmatmild
  • 보통맛botongmatmedium
  • 매운맛maeunmatspicy
  • 끓는 물kkeulleun mulboiling water
  • 전자레인지 조리 시jeonjareinji jori siwhen using a microwave
  • 실온 보관siron bogwanstore at room temperature

Ways to serve it

These are serving ideas, not part of the pack’s directions.

Sources

  1. Ottogi (otoki.com): 3 Minute Curry Sauce, Mild
  2. Timely Basket: 3 Min Curry Sauce Mild (pack text)
  3. Otoki Mall NZ: Ottogi Spicy Curry 190 g (pack text)
  4. H Mart: 3 Minutes Curry Hot, 6.7 oz (190 g)
  5. Eat This Much: Ottogi 3 min curry, mild
  6. Ralphs: Ottogi 3 Min Mild Curry Sauce (ingredients)
  7. Kroger: Ottogi Hot Instant Curry (ingredients and label)
  8. Ottogi (otoki.com): 3 Minute Curry Sauce, Spicy

Checked October 25, 2026. If your pack differs, follow your pack, and tell us so we can update this page.

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