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Spicy radish salad

Thinly sliced Korean radish is lightly salted, drained, and dressed with vinegar and Korean chili flakes.

Prep
20 min
Cook
0 min
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Crispy radish seasoned with red pepper powder

Scale the recipe

Base quantities · 3 servings · Korean radish (mu) (weight of peeled raw radish) 450 g

Ingredients

Korean radish (mu) weight of peeled raw radish
450 g
Slender scallions
20 g

Seasonings

fine salt
1/2 T
Korean chili flakes (gochugaru)
1 T
Rice vinegar
1 T
sugar
1/2 T
chopped garlic
1/2 T

Level measures: 1 T (tablespoon) = 15 mL, 1 C (paper cup) = 180 mL. Household spoons and cups can vary in size.

Method

  1. Cut the radish into thin matchsticks

    Cut the Korean radish 450 g into thin matchsticks about 5 cm long.

    Peeled Korean radish being cut into thin, even matchsticks on a board
  2. Salt the radish matchsticks

    Toss with salt 1/2 T, and set aside for 12 minutes.

    Evenly sliced thin radish vegetables are pickled in salt.
  3. Drain the liquid from the radish

    Pour off the liquid that collects.

    Clear salting liquid being poured off while thin white radish matchsticks remain in the bowl
  4. Coloring with red pepper powder

    Toss the salted radish with gochugaru 1 T until evenly red.

    Pickled radish evenly colored with red pepper powder
  5. Dress the radish with vinegar and seasonings

    Add vinegar 1 T, sugar 1/2 T, minced garlic 1/2 T, and chopped scallions 20 g and mix lightly.

    Radish greens mixed with chives and sour seasoning
  6. Serve or refrigerate

    Eat right away or refrigerate.

    Red-seasoned radish matchsticks with scallion stored in a closed refrigerator container