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Korean-style Carrots at Home
The famous snack - Korean-style carrots, who doesn't love them? Perhaps this is the most versatile vegetable snack, suitable for dinner or lunch, picnics, and even festive gatherings.
The snack is prepared quickly and from available ingredients. The carrots will be ready in a day, when all the ingredients soak up the spices. The carrots will become juicy, tasty, and fragrant. Our step-by-step recipe with photos will help you prepare Korean-style carrots at home deliciously.
Preparation time: 60 minutes.
Caloric content: 56 kcal per 100 grams of the dish.
Ingredients
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- carrots – 1 kg;
- vinegar (6%-9%) – 5-6 tbsp. (or to taste);
- sugar – 3 tbsp;
- salt – 1 tsp;
- vegetable oil – ½ cup (boiling);
- garlic – 4 cloves (large);
- coriander (cilantro) – 2 tsp;
- black ground pepper – 1 tsp;
- chili pepper – ¼ tsp. (or to taste).
Preparation
- Prepare the carrots and grater for the Korean-style carrots. Today, there are many different graters for making this snack, from the simplest to branded choppers.
- The carrots are cut into even thin strips. The longer and thinner the strips, the more impressive the carrots will look.
- Prepare the spices and other ingredients for delicious and fragrant carrots.
- To achieve a more vibrant aroma, it's better to use coriander seeds and crush them in the cooking process. You should grind half, that is, one teaspoon, while leaving the other teaspoon of coriander whole. The seeds can be crushed in a coffee grinder or mortar using a pestle.
- Crush the garlic cloves on a cutting board with the broad side of a knife. This makes it easier to peel off the skin. Chop the garlic arbitrarily and add it to the mortar with the coriander. Grind with the pestle. The aroma of garlic and coriander has combined, it's indescribable.
- Add salt, black pepper, and red pepper (chili) to the mortar.
- It’s better to use wine or apple vinegar. Add it to the mortar and mix it with the other spices.
- Sprinkle the required amount of sugar on top of the carrots. Also add the spices prepared in the mortar to the carrots. Do not mix yet.
- Heat the vegetable oil in a pan. Carefully pour the boiling oil over the carrots with spices and sugar.
- Immediately start mixing the carrots with a spoon. Do everything carefully to avoid burns, as the oil is very hot. But the carrots are cold, they quickly lower the oil's temperature. In just a couple of minutes, you can mix the carrots with your hands, wearing plastic gloves. After half an hour, they can be eaten as a salad. However, to let the carrots soak up the spicy aromas, you need to wait a day.
- You can add cilantro leaves to the finished snack. It will make the snack even brighter. The most delicious Korean-style carrots are ready; you will never find this snack in the market or store.
Now you know how to prepare Korean-style carrots at home according to the classic recipe. Prepare this snack using our recipe for the next picnic; I assure you, you will be asked to make it again.
