Korean carrots are one of the most interesting products added to salads. It makes the dishes sharper and sweeter at the same time. Therefore, if you do not know how to diversify your salad – add Korean carrots.
But, it is worth using homemade carrots for dishes, as bought carrots can be too sugary. Cheap Korean carrots have a bright taste of vinegar and baking soda, which you don’t want to feel in salads and appetizers
.It’s not difficult to make Korean carrots
.
For this you do not need any skills of an experienced cook. There are many recipes on the Internet.
One of such recipes will demonstrate.
Ingredients for Korean carrots:
- carrots – 1 kg;
- salt – 1 tsp;
- refined vegetable oil – 5 tbsp;
- onion – 1 pc;
- sugar – 1.5 tbsp;
- garlic – 3 cloves;
- ground coriander – 3 tsp;
- ground black pepper – 1 tsp;
- red hot pepper – 1/3 tsp;
- ground sweet paprika – 1 tsp;
- soy sauce – 4 tbsp;
- 9% vinegar – 35 ml;
- sesame seeds – 1 tsp.
Preparation of Korean carrots:
Grate the peeled carrots on a Korean-style grater. Salt the carrots and mix thoroughly, leave for 30 minutes.
Knead the carrots, get rid of excess juice.
Transfer the carrots to a separate bowl, pour sugar to it, skip garlic cloves
.
Pour coriander, ground black pepper, red hot pepper, paprika to the carrots.
Cut onions into half rings, fry in a pan with vegetable oil until golden. Pour the remaining oil from the frying pan into the carrots
. Mix the carrots thoroughly with your hands. Pour the soy sauce and vinegar over the carrots and continue stirring. Put the carrots in the jar, tamp them down slightly. Put
the lid on the jar and turn it upside down. Put the carrots in the refrigerator for 24 hours.
After the carrots have marinated, you can serve them to the table.
You should roast sesame seeds in advance and sprinkle them on the Korean carrots.
