East Asian, in particular Korean, culinary has long and deservedly been very popular all over the world. Koreans, like us, are very fond of vegetables and meat.
Features of Korean cuisine
Korean food tastes sharper than European dishes. Spicy sauces, used in large quantities in Far Eastern dishes, make it possible to keep food fresh longer without being subjected to strong heat treatment. This allows you to save a large number of valuable vitamins and minerals. East Asian condiments, such as red and yellow cereal miso pasta, soy sauce, anchovy fish sauce , rice vinegar and many others, are widely used for marinating vegetables, fish and meat, as well as seasoning for various dishes, including including one such as Korean-style meat. Koreans often use dog meat for food. This tradition is not peculiar to us. However, Koreans are happy to cook dishes from pork and beef.
Salad Recipe with Fresh Cucumbers and Beef
Salad "Cucumber with meat in Korean" confidently crowds the famous "Olivier" on holiday tables. This salad is interesting in that it can be eaten both warm and cold. What is characteristic of the Korean style meat salad? The recipe below will require fresh beef, fresh cucumbers, miso red paste, hot soy and fish sauces, rice vinegar, garlic, pears, ginger, mustard and black pepper. It is best to grill beef, and then cut into thin and long strips of such a size that you can put one piece in your mouth without cutting. If there is no grill, then the Korean salad “Cucumbers with meat” will turn out to be no less tasty if you fry the beef in a pan with a thick bottom until the liquid evaporates. While the meat is being cooked, peel half the pear from seeds and grate, grind fresh or frozen ginger in the same way. For the salad "Cucumber with meat in Korean" it will need 1 tablespoon. Crush one clove of garlic with the help of the garlic and add to the ginger-pear mixture. Pour half a teaspoon of ground mustard seeds, a quarter teaspoon of freshly ground hot pepper, 1 tablespoon of miso red sauce, 1 teaspoon of fish sauce, 6 tablespoons of soy sauce and 2 tablespoons of rice vinegar. Stir all the ingredients for the Korean Cucumber Meat Salad Dressing. Cut one long cucumber into small cubes and place in a dressing. Put the prepared hot meat there. The dish is ready to eat after an hour of pickling.
Korean meat salads with fresh cucumbers
When making Korean style meat salad, the recipe will remain unchanged if you use pork or chicken breast fillet instead of beef. The highlight of this dish is how the taste of fresh cucumber is transformed. At first it resembles salted, and if you try the cucumber with meat in Korean the next day, then the cucumber will taste like pickled. The number of spices, of course, is approximately dependent on personal preferences, but the dish should still be quite spicy. Such a salad is good to serve with boiled rice or funchose. It can also be used as an independent dish.
Korean-style meat
Beef and pork are included in many Korean dishes. How to cook meat in Korean so that the dish has the character of an Asian dish? Of course, one cannot do without traditional East Asian sauces and seasonings. The meat must be marinated for at least an hour. Before pickling it is subjected to heat treatment over high heat for several minutes. It can be fried with whole steaks, which are then cut into small pieces and marinated in this way, or you can immediately finely chop, fry and then marinate.
Fried fresh cucumbers for meat salads
Cucumbers are cut in salads in different ways: with ringlets, and cubes, and cubes. They can be added to meat salad both fresh and specially prepared, for example fried. Fried cucumbers are made like this. Boil sesame oil with black pepper, hot red pepper, garlic and soy sauce in a stewpan. Cut the cucumbers and put together with sugar in a hot oil with spices for about 5 minutes. During frying, gently shake the saucepan, turning the cucumbers. After five minutes, turn off, let them brew for several minutes and soak in spices. Cucumbers prepared in this way are perfect for the salad "Cucumber with meat in Korean."
Pickling Fresh Cucumbers for Korean Meat Salads
There is another way to prepare cucumbers for Korean meat salads. One or two long cucumbers must be cut lengthwise and peeled from the seeds with a teaspoon, then they should be chopped with straws (or as you like). Then fill the chopped cucumbers with two tablespoons of granulated sugar, two tablespoons of table vinegar, preferably rice, and one tablespoon of soy sauce. Mix everything well and leave for an hour for pickling.
Soy Meat for Vegetarian Meat Salads
Vegetarians can be advised to make soybean cucumber with Korean meat salad. All other ingredients are the same as for natural meat salads. Soy meat for salad should be prepared as indicated on the package. If this is not possible, just soak it in boiling water for ten minutes, then gently squeeze out the water and then cook like ordinary meat.
Spicy Korean salads should be eaten with care by people with digestive problems. For everyone else, they are a great addition to the usual menu for weekdays and holidays.