Korean string bean salad with carrots and vinegar

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   To prepare 8 servings of salad, we will need 600 grams of asparagus beans, necessarily green and very young, the pods should be juicy. And also take 300 grams of carrots, 4-5 cloves of garlic, a bag of 20 g of carrot spice mixture in Korean, half a teaspoon of salt, 2 tablespoons of sugar, 2 tablespoons of table vinegar, 5 tablespoons of sunflower oil and a bunch of greens – dill with cilantro. Bean pods and greens are washed, carrots and garlic are cleaned.

2. Step 2:

   

   Cut the bean pods into 3-4 pieces, put them in a saucepan and pour water, about 0.5 liters. We put the pan on the fire so that the water with the beans boils.

3. Step 3:

   

   Meanwhile, we prepare the remaining ingredients: grate the carrot on a grater with thin straws, if there is no such special grater, you can rub it on a regular large one.

4. Step 4:

   

   Finely chop the dill and coriander.

5. Step 5:

   

   When the water with the beans boils, cook the beans on low heat for 5 minutes.

6. Step 6:

   

   After 5 minutes, we throw the string beans into a colander, let the water drain completely.

7. Step 7:

   

   Then we put the boiled bean pods in a bowl from a colander. There is no need to wait for the beans to cool down.

8. Step 8:

   

   Add grated carrots to the boiled beans.

9. Step 9:

   

   Sprinkle carrots with string beans with spices for Korean carrots.

11. Step 10:

    

    Add salt and sugar to the salad.

12. Step 11:

    

    Next, pour in the vinegar.

13. Step 12:

    

    Mix the salad well, it's better with your hands, the beans and carrots are well soaked with spices.

14. Step 13:

    

    Then pour the chopped greens into the salad and squeeze the garlic through the press.

15. Step 14:

    

    It remains only to fill the salad with sunflower oil and mix it well with a spoon.

16. Step 15:

    

    We put the cooked Korean bean salad in a storage container, cover it and put it in the refrigerator for 40 minutes. In the refrigerator, such a salad can be stored for 2 weeks, but it does not survive this period, as it is quickly eaten.

17. Step 16:

    

    Delicious and fragrant asparagus bean salad with carrots is ready. We take it out of the refrigerator and serve it on the table as a cold vegetable snack.

18. Step 17:

    

    If you prepare this salad for the winter, then you need to put it in clean jars, cover them with lids, put it in a pot of boiling water, lay a cloth napkin on the bottom and sterilize it with a gentle boiling of water for 30 minutes. Then take the jars out of boiling water and roll up the lids.