Korean carrots with onions
- Nutrition Facts
- Calories: 116
- Protein: 1.11
- Fats: 8
- Carbohydrates: 9
Hello friends. Today our hero is the legendary Korean carrot. I am sure that there are almost no readers among our readers who remain indifferent to this appetizer. She became a part of our childhood and still fits perfectly into everyday and festive feasts. This appetizer is also not always prepared in the same way. Each housewife supplements the basic recipe with spices and herbs to her taste, and from this it not only changes, but changes dramatically.
Korean carrots are often cooked with onions or celery to add spice and flavor. But about the intricacies of the recipe a little later, but for now a few words about the history of the dish.
History of the dish:
In the classic version, Korean carrot salad does not always involve onions. And even vice versa, initially it is just a carrot cut into thin and long strips with the addition of vegetable oil and seasonings, most often cilantro. This is how the Korean immigrants invented it, and this is how it has come down to us since 1937, the year of its birth. Today, Korean carrots are also most often found without onions, and that is why we chose such an unusual, but rest assured, a very successful combination. So, Korean carrots with onions is our recipe.
Ingredients:
- Carrots - 0.5 kg.
- Bulb onions - 1 pc.
- Vegetable oil - 100 ml.
- Vinegar (9%) - 1 tbsp. l.
- Sugar - 1 tbsp. l.
- Garlic - 5 cloves
- Ground red hot pepper - 1/2 tsp.
- Salt - 0.5 tsp
- Coriander - 1 tbsp l.
- Sweet paprika - 1 tsp
Preparation:
- Prepare the ingredients.
First of all, we will prepare the necessary products
- Grate carrots in Korean style. Before that, you need to clean it.
We peel the carrots and rub them on a special grater
- What makes carrots special? Spices. Grind salt, sugar, coriander seeds, sweet paprika with red ground pepper in a mortar.
In a mortar we grind all the spices: salt, sugar, dried coriander, as well as various peppers
- Onions need to be cut as you like - slices, cubes, rings, it will not be used in the salad itself.
Now we chop the onion
- It needs to be fried in oil until brown, but not black!
Fry the onions in vegetable oil until golden brown
- Add spices to carrots. Rub it with your hands so that it lets out the juice.
Pour in spices and mix the appetizer well with your hands
- And pour the oil, where the onions were fried, hot on the carrots.
And now it's time to use the vegetable oil on which the onions were fried: you just need to pour it into the carrots
- Squeeze the garlic through a press and add to the bowl with the carrots.
We squeeze the garlic through a press and also send it to the carrot
- Add vinegar and stir the Korean carrots well again.
We add vinegar to the snack and mix well again
- Can be served immediately. If you have prepared a large volume of carrots, then store them in the refrigerator in a sealed glass container. In a few days it will be even tastier.
In principle, such a Korean carrot with onions can be prepared for the winter, or you can immediately serve it to the table. We eat right away and wish everyone bon appetit
The benefits of the dish
This salad will definitely be a great addition to any meal. Delicious, aromatic and even healthy carrots - this is how it happens. It is impossible not to note the presence of vinegar and hot spices in the recipe, and therefore it is not desirable to include such carrots in the diet of children and people with a weak stomach. For everyone else, it is an excellent side dish, a wonderful salad, and even an irreplaceable snack. Take note and eat to your health. And we will be glad to learn about your favorite dishes and tell about them from the pages of our site. Let's make friends and cook together. Always your host.
