Delicious korean carrot salads

Korean carrots are loved by everyone who is not indifferent to spicy, savory snacks. Also, Korean carrot salad can be a great companion for fish or meat dishes. Let's try to deal with the subtleties of cooking some salads, to which is added such a popular ingredient.

Korean carrot: the nuances of origin

In fact, a Korean carrot salad is not a completely Korean dish. Yes, it really came up with the Koreans. But, first of all, they were quite assimilated Koreans living in the territory of the Soviet Union. And secondly, initially the salad was just a marinade for meat and vegetables, and it had to be prepared on the basis of radish or radish. But in the Soviet Union it was easier to find carrots, so the Korean salad has undergone significant changes in the recipe part. Nevertheless, the Korean carrot occupies a worthy place in modern domestic cooking, and besides an independent dish is:

• ingredient of many salads;
• marinade for meat (especially poultry);
• filling for baking.

Delicious Korean Carrot Salad: A Basic Recipe

For a long time it was believed that only Koreans can cook real hot carrots, and cooks of other nationalities will still not be able to find the right mix of foods. However, gradually, as a result of the trial and error, the housewives came to the conclusion that Korean carrots are like sauerkraut: the ingredients can be put on the same, but each cook has a different taste of the dish. But still, deciding to make Korean carrots, it is important to respect the proportions of the products that are necessary for this snack.

Ingredients:

• 1 kg of fresh carrots;
• 1 tbsp. l Sahara;
• 1 tsp. salt;
• 2 tbsp. l 9% vinegar;
• 50 g of olive (or any vegetable) oil.

That is, depending on the amount of vegetable, you must calculate other ingredients. As for spices, this is a matter of taste. Be sure to add red hot pepper coarse. Some Korean carrot lovers add sesame, roasted in a frying pan, or coriander (by the way, quite uncharacteristic of the Korean cuisine).

Cooking:

1. Cut the carrot into a long straw (use a special grater for this).
2. Add salt and sugar to the vegetable, pour in vinegar.
3. It is very important to well mash the carrots in the marinade and let it stand for about 20 minutes.
4. We fill with pepper.
5. Heat the oil in the pan (almost bring to a boil).
6. Fill with hot oil and mix.
7. We let it brew for several hours at room temperature, and then, tightly closing the lid, send it to storage in the refrigerator.

If you add any other spices, then add them together with pepper. It's the same with garlic, otherwise it will turn green from the hot oil.

Korean carrots, chicken, mushrooms - the perfect salad

The combination of chicken and carrot is considered ideal in cooking. So for Korean carrots, boiled fillet can be an excellent companion in a tasty salad.

Ingredients:

• 200 g carrots in Korean;
• 600 g boiled chicken fillet;
• 2 hard boiled eggs;
• 1 lettuce;
• 300 g fresh champignons;
• 3 tbsp. l olive oil;
• pepper, salt (to taste);
• salad mayonnaise (to taste).

Cooking:

1. Onion cut into half rings, which are then cut in half.
2. Mushrooms cut into quarters.
3. Pour butter into frying pan and fry onion until transparent.
4. We shift the onions to the bowl, and pour the mushrooms into the oil in the pan. Fry them for about 10 minutes.
   
5. Tear fillets into fibers, cut especially long ones.
6. Add onion meat, carrots and mushrooms.
7. Salt, pepper, fill with mayonnaise and mix.
8. Salad can be decorated with chopped greens (parsley, cilantro) or pickled mushroom halves.

Refined Appetizer with Bell Pepper

The unique flavor of chicken salad with Korean carrots and chicken gives sweet pepper.

Ingredients:

• 400 g chicken breast;
• 200 g Korean carrot;
• 3 large bell peppers;
• 5 walnuts;
• salad mayonnaise (to taste).

Cooking:

1. Wash the breast well, pour cold water over it and set on moderate heat. Cook for 30 minutes
2. Pepper cut into thin semi-wheeled.
3. Remove the skin from the finished breast and cut the meat into small pieces.
4. Finely chop nuts.
5. In a bowl, mix carrots, peppers, chicken, nuts and mayonnaise. Salad ready.

You can add salad onions (1 head), eggs (2-3 pieces) and even oranges (2 pieces) to the salad according to this recipe.

Salad "Hedgehog" to the festive table

Carrot is a bright vegetable. Therefore, a spicy snack in salads can be not only a tasty component, but also an excellent decoration - as, for example, in the Hedgehog salad.

Ingredients:

• 250 g chicken fillet;
• 3 boiled eggs;
• 1 lettuce;
• 300 g of hard cheese;
• 40 g Korean carrot;
• 350 g marinated champignons;
• 3 tbsp. l olive oil;
• salad mayonnaise;
• greenery.

Cooking:

1. Finely chop the onion and fry in olive oil.
2. Chicken cut into small cubes.
3. Cheese finely rubbed.
4. Eggs mash with a fork.
5. Put a layer of fillet on a wide dish, then champignons, cover the layer with mayonnaise.
6. Next, lay out the onions, grated eggs, mayonnaise again.
7. Fall asleep salad cheese, add Korean carrots.
8. We make a dish. From the olives we make eyes and a spout to our hedgehog, pour cheese on the muzzle, spread carrot straw on the back - these are spines. Decorate the space on the dish around the salad greens.

A recipe for squid lovers

If you like seafood, then try making a salad with Korean carrots and squid.

Ingredients:

• 500 g fresh Korean carrot;
• 3 medium squid carcasses;
• 5 tbsp. l olive oil.

Cooking:

1. Wash the carcass, remove the film.
2. In the boiling water we lower the squid and instantly turn off the fire.
3. We give seafood to stand in hot water for about 5 minutes, take out the finished carcass.
4. Cut the squid into strips, put them on a pillow of carrots and put them in the refrigerator for the night.
5. Dress the salad with oil. The dish is ready.

Salad "Economical"

For lovers of cheese and garlic aftertaste, there is a wonderful recipe for salad with Korean carrot and melted cheese.

Ingredients:

• 300 g Korean carrots;
• 2 pieces of processed cheese;
• 4 garlic cloves;
• ¼ bread sticks;
• salad mayonnaise (to taste).

Cooking:

1. Grate cheese on grated.
2. Chop the baton in the form of tiny squares and, putting it on a baking sheet, put it in the preheated oven for 10 minutes.
3. Mix cheese with carrots, put mayonnaise.
4. Add crackers. Salad is ready.

Dietary Appetizer with Peking Cabbage

Fans of delicate tastes can be recommended to treat yourself to a salad with chicken and Chinese cabbage.

Ingredients:

• 100 g Korean carrot;
• 100 g canned sweet corn;
• 150 g chicken fillet;
• 3 tbsp. l salad mayonnaise;
• 1 small fork of Chinese cabbage;
• 80 grams of cheese;
• salt.

Cooking:

1. Cook in salted water chicken.
2. Cut the meat into small cubes.
3. Shred cabbage.
4. Mix carrots, cabbage, chicken and corn.
5. Fill with mayonnaise, add some salt.

Korean carrot salad can be a tasty independent dish, which is quite easy to prepare, and a worthy companion of a huge number of snacks. And it can be meat and fish aperitifs. What is most surprising is that carrot will give completely different aftertaste shades to each new dish.