Spicy Korean Carrot Salad Recipe
Korean Carrot Salad is spicy, salty, tangy, hitting all the flavor notes to make it into an absolutely addicting snack or side that's healthy, too!
Servings: 4 1-cup servings
Calories: 75.5kcal
Ingredients
for Carrots
- 1 pound carrots about 5 carrots
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ red onion, thinly sliced lengthwise (pole-to-pole) soaked in ice water for 10 minutes
for Dressing
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon gochugaru or other chile powder
- 1 teaspoon tamari or soy sauce
- 2-3 cloves garlic finely minced
- pinch finely ground black pepper, or more to taste optional
- optional for garnish: 1-2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds
Instructions
- Julienne carrots on a mandoline or by hand to the thinnest julienne you can. Toss carrots with 1 teaspoon salt.
- Place the sliced onions in a bowl of ice cold water and let them soak for 10-15 minutes to leach out some of the onion's "bite." Completely drain the onions and add to the bowl with the carrots.
- Combine vinegar, gochugaru, soy sauce, minced garlic, and black pepper in a small bowl.
- Pour dressing over carrots and onions. Toss carrots and onions with the sauce in a bowl. Taste. Adjust seasoning if needed. Depending on the actual amount of carrots, you may need more tamari or salt, apple cider vinegar for tartness, or gochugaru for heat.
- Transfer Spicy Carrot Salad to shallow serving bowl. Garnish with toasted sesame seeds if using.
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Notes
To Make the Tik Tok Trending Korean Carrot Salad, make the following modifications:
- omit red onions
- omit the tamari/soy sauce
- increase apple cider vinegar to 3 tablespoons
- substitute 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper for the gochugaru
- add ¼ cup olive oil
- add 1 teaspoon ground coriander
Nutrition
Serving: 1cup | Calories: 75.5kcal | Protein: 2.3g | Fiber: 4.2g