Crisp Korean Style Salad
This Korean Style Salad goes great with your Asian inspired dishes and is ideal when looking to add a side to your meat dishes.
Ingredients
Main Ingredients
For the dressing
Method
Cut the cucumber into thin half-moons, julienne the apples (see below) and thinly slice 1/2 red onion and add to a large bowl.
Mix together the light soy sauce, fish sauce, rice vinegar, sugar and sesame in a small mixing bowl or jug.
Wash the lettuce and pat with a paper towel to dry (or spin dry of you have a salad spinner). Tear the lettuce onto large pieces (for a romaine I generally tear into three) and add to the bowl,
Pour over the dressing and give everything a good mix - don't be afraid to use your hands! - ensuring that the salad ingredients are evenly coated.
How to Make Korean Style Salad
Add the julienned apples, sliced red onions and cucumber to a large bowl (see below for details on how to cut the fruit and veg)
Mix together 1 tbsp of light soy sauce, 2 tsp of fish sauce, 1 tsp of sugar, 2 tsp of rice vinegar and 1 tsp of sesame oil in a small jug or bowl.
Tear the romaine lettuce into large pieces and add to the bowl
Pour the dressing onto the Korean Style Salad.
Mix everything together ensuring the dressing coats the ingredients evenly.
How to Slice the Cucumber for Korean Salad
Start by halving a 1/4 of a large cucumber lengthways. You can remove the seeds with a spoon if you like, but I personally leave them in.
Cut each half across the cucumber into thin slices.
You should end up with thin 'half-moons' that you can add to your salad bowl.
How to Julienne the Apple for Korean Salad
Start by peeling your apple, I'm using a Granny Smith, but you can use any apple you want.
Slice off the top and bottom of the apple, this helps give you a flat edge to slice the apple on.
Cut the apple into quarters lengthways.
Cut out the apple cores, simply slice straight down, this gives us another flat edge to make the cuts we need.
Cut the apple into thin slices lengthways (from the top of the apple to the bottom).
Align all your thinly cut apple layers on top of each other and slice into thin sticks.
Repeat for the remaining quarters and add your julienned apples to the bowl.
Questions and Substitutions
Can I use dark soy sauce instead of light sauce?
You can, but it will discolour the salad which isn't as a visually appealing, but it will still taste fine.
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