The main ingredient for this salad, as the name makes clear, is Korean-style carrots, which you can either buy ready-made or make yourself. Adding it to a dish gives it a note of piquancy and sharpness, since the so-called Korean carrot itself is a full-fledged, ready-to-eat snack.
The five most commonly used ingredients in Korean carrot salad recipes:
| Product | Calories per 100g | Protein g per 100g | Fats g per 100g | Carbohydrates g per 100g |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Korean carrots | 134 | 0 | 9 | 12.9 |
| Eggs | 157 | 12.7 | 10.9 | 0.7 |
| Hard cheese | 366 | 24.1 | 29.5 | 0.3 |
| Cucumbers | 15 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 2.6 |
| Chicken fillet | 113 | 23.6 | 1.9 | 0.4 |
One big fat plus of this ingredient is that no matter what products go into the recipes for salad with Korean carrots, they'll almost always turn out tasty (with rare exceptions). Especially if you keep in mind that tastes differ — to each their own)
What does Korean carrot go best with? With almost all the vegetables that need to be boiled, rice, peas, corn, sausage (boiled and smoked), mushrooms, eggs (fried and boiled), beans, some fruits and berries, tomatoes, bell peppers, zucchini, eggplant and so on — the list can go on endlessly.
Unlike salads where the carrot is added boiled, this dish takes less time since no cooking is needed. So the simplest, quickest and most affordable way to make a salad with Korean carrots is this: sausage cut into strips is mixed with it and everything is dressed with mayonnaise. If you add other products to those two, each time you get a new salad with a different taste. Now isn't that a wonder?))
For example: sprinkle in some croutons or green peas, sweet corn, or fresh, finely shredded cabbage crushed by hand. It won't be a table, but a sight to behold! If you take care with the color scheme, you can make a gorgeous salad with multicolored peppers and white cabbage. And dress it not with mayonnaise but with vegetable oil mixed with vinegar.
The five lowest-calorie recipes for salad with Korean carrots:
| Name of the dish | Cooking time | Calories per 100g | User rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salad as simple as possible | 17 min | 72 | +45 |
| Valeria salad with Korean carrots | 30 min | 80 | +175 |
| Salad with canned tuna and corn | 15 min | 81 | +94 |
| Oriental vegetable salad with chicken breast | 35 min | 83 | +40 |
| Korean salad with chicken and corn | 1 hour 20 min | 88 | +55 |
Korean carrot is also ideal for all sorts of garnishes for any salads. It's enough to just lay it on top or along the edges. Some festive salads like the Fox Fur Coat are made with it too.