Quick Korean carrots without seasoning: cooking tricks

Korean carrots are a quick salad and an appetizer at the same time. The dish is budget-friendly, affordable, and made from simple ingredients. If desired, you can add seasoning or replace it with other fragrant spices.

Food blogger Yuliia Mikulich, aka yuliia_mikulich, shared a recipe for quick Korean carrots on her Instagram page.

Ingredients:

• carrots – 250 g (peeled)
• sugar – 1 tsp
• salt – 1/3 tsp.
• red and black pepper
• coriander
• vinegar – 1/2 tbsp
• garlic – 2-3 cloves
• oil – 20 g

Method of preparation:

1. Peel the carrots and grate them on a Korean grater.

2. Sprinkle the grated carrots with sugar, salt, red and black pepper, and coriander.

3. Also add vinegar and garlic chopped through a press. Mix thoroughly and squeeze the carrots by hand.

4. Then add hot oil and mix everything thoroughly again.

5. Put the carrots in the refrigerator for at least 2-3 hours.

Cooking tricks from experienced housewives:

• It is advised to add vegetable oil to the dish when heated. At the same time, it is important not to bring it to a boil so that it does not release harmful substances in the dish and does not make the carrots bitter.
• Add garlic immediately after the oil. Otherwise, it may change its color to green in the future.

• Sesame seeds are often added to salad. They should be roasted before adding them.
• If you decide to add cilantro to Korean carrots, it is best to do so right before serving. This herb gives the dish a special piquancy and fresh flavor.

• If you've added too many spices to your appetizer, walnuts will help to remedy the situation.