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Korean Style Carrots

August 9th, 2014 in Appetizers & Snacks, Salads, Sides by
Total cooking time: 12h 30min
Korean Style Carrots Recipe

Korean style carrots (“morkovka po-korejski”) is a popular in post-USSR countries dish which is usually served as salad, side dish or relish.

Often it is also served on hot dogs along with sausage inside the bun.

These pretty spicy carrots are great side for meats or poultry. They can also be used as one of ingredients for salads and other dishes.

Ingredients:


How to prepare, step-by-step:

  1. Prepare ingredients:
    Korean Style Carrots Recipe: Step 1
    Korean Style Carrots Recipe: Step 1
  2. Peel all carrots and julienne it using thin julienne slicer, put all carrots to a mixing bowl:
    Korean Style Carrots Recipe: Step 2
    Korean Style Carrots Recipe: Step 2
  3. Salt carrots:
    Korean Style Carrots Recipe: Step 3
    Korean Style Carrots Recipe: Step 3
  4. Add sugar, mix, and press carrots with your hands few times to soften then (and produce a bit of juice):
    Korean Style Carrots Recipe: Step 4
    Korean Style Carrots Recipe: Step 4
  5. Mix vinegar in and set bowl aside for about 30 mins:
    Korean Style Carrots Recipe: Step 5
    Korean Style Carrots Recipe: Step 5
  6. Pour crushed red pepper and crushed peppercorn medley in the middle spot of the carrot bowl:
    Korean Style Carrots Recipe: Step 6
    Korean Style Carrots Recipe: Step 6
  7. Pour oil to a pot with long handle, peel garlic; gently press down on garlic with the flat side of the knife to flatten it, and add flatten garlic cloves to the pot:
    Korean Style Carrots Recipe: Step 7
    Korean Style Carrots Recipe: Step 7
  8. Put pot with oil and garlic to burner, warm up oil almost to the temperature of boiling (but it shouldn’t boil); carefully remove garlic from the oil (use wooden spoon or so, not metal) and then pour hot oil over peppers:
    Korean Style Carrots Recipe: Step 8
    Korean Style Carrots Recipe: Step 8
  9. Mix everything, cover the bowl and set it at room temperature for about 12 hours:
    Korean Style Carrots Recipe: Step 9
    Korean Style Carrots Recipe: Step 9
  10. After that Korean style carrots are ready, you can consume them right away, or store in fridge for later use:
    Korean Style Carrots Recipe
    Korean Style Carrots Recipe
Enjoy!

One Response to “Korean Style Carrots”

  1. Grande Cohones says:

    You are missing an onion. It should be fried with the garlic in the oil and could be discarded afterwards if you don’t like it in your salad. It really transforms the taste

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