Garlic shoots are champions in the content of vitamins and minerals, and in addition, they are easy to turn into a delicious savory snack. These are fragrant pickled arrows that go well with meat, fish and vegetables. The recipe for garlic shooters in Korean was as simple and straightforward as possible.

How to cook garlic arrows in Korean - general principles

Making the discussed snack can be done quickly quickly. Especially if you know the basic principles of its preparation and some tricks:

  1. Salt is best served with soy sauce or coarse salt at the very end of cooking. For piquancy, sugar and natural bee honey are often added to it.
  2. Garlic shooters are always pickled during cooking. For example, in any vinegar or freshly squeezed lemon juice.
  3. To facilitate the task of selecting the seasoning suitable for the appetizer, it is better to purchase the ready-made mixture for “Korean Carrots”.
  4. You can prepare a dish not only from fresh young shoots of garlic, but also from frozen ones.
  5. Be sure to cut the buds and the lower part from the arrows, rinse them with running water and dry them with a napkin.
  6. If the stalks are already mature, it is best to blanch them first to soften.
  7. The length of the pickling arrows should not exceed 3-10 cm. If the shoots were larger, then they should be cut into suitable pieces.
  8. To remove bitterness from the shoots, you can soak them for a couple of minutes in hot water, and then immediately cool in ice.
  9. Do not leave frozen arrows to thaw, but immediately send them to the pan for frying.

Garlic arrows can be cooked not only on their own, but combined with other products: meat, vegetables, herbs.

Cooking recipes

There are many interesting recipes for the discussed savory appetizer. In addition to the classic, these are also options with the addition of fresh vegetables, meat, sesame and other ingredients.

Classic Korean Garlic Arrow Recipe

This option will require the simplest and most affordable products. This: 270 g of garlic arrows, 1 tbsp. sugar, a couple of bay leaves, 2-3 cloves of garlic, 3 tbsp. table vinegar and soy sauce, 1 tsp each. seasonings for Korean carrots and coarse salt, 1.5 tbsp. any vegetable oil.

  1. The salad bowl mixes sugar, salt and seasonings.
  2. Laurel leaves broken in small pieces are added to the listed ingredients.
  3. It remains to pour soy sauce into the mixture.
  4. Garlic shoots (about 5 cm long) are fried in oil until soft and a brownish color appears.
  5. Aromatic dressing spills directly into the pan to the finished shooters, and together the components are stewed on a minimum fire for a couple of minutes.
  6. When the mass has cooled slightly, it should be transferred to a plastic container and pour vinegar mixed with chopped garlic.

The resulting snack can be eaten immediately, but after 4-5 hours of exposure in the cold, it becomes even tastier.

With pork

 

With meat, the appetizer is more satisfying. If you complement it with a suitable side dish, you get a full oriental dinner. To prepare the dish you need to use: 550 g of garlic shooter, 450 g of pork pulp, 2 white onions, 2-3 pinch of special seasoning, 0.5 tsp. sesame oil, 3 tablespoons soy sauce without additives, frying oil.

  1. Onions are cut into thin half rings, and shoots are chopped with chopsticks no longer than 5 cm. The meat is chopped with straws across the fibers.
  2. Slices of pork are fried until golden in any vegetable oil.
  3. When the meat is ready, onion, sesame oil is added to it, and the ingredients are cooked together until the vegetable is transparent.
  4. It remains to add crushed arrows to the pan, pour a mixture of soy sauce with seasonings, and simmer the dish on a minimum heat for 10-12 minutes.

As a side dish, boiled rice of any kind is ideal for such a treat.

With cucumber

Cucumber will add a touch of lightness and juiciness. In addition to this vegetable (1 pc.), You need to take: 450 g of fresh garlic arrows, a couple of cloves of garlic, half a white onion and the same amount of red bell pepper, 1 tsp. table vinegar, 0.5 tsp. sugar, a pinch of coriander and red pepper, a bunch of fresh cilantro, oil.

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  1. Garlic shoots need to be cut into sticks about 10 cm long.
  2. Onions and sweet peppers are chopped with miniature cubes and fried in hot oil for 1 minute.
  3. Shoots of garlic are added to the products, and together the ingredients are fried for another couple of minutes until the sticks are soft and discolored.
  4. Vegetables are transferred to a deep plate, and sugar, table vinegar, chopped garlic, and spices are added to them.
  5. The snack is infused in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes.

Before serving, treat is sprinkled with finely chopped cilantro. If necessary, it can be added.

With honey

 

Honey perfectly complements any savory foods. The main thing is to take a high-quality natural bee product (2 tsp), as well as: 450 g garlic shooters, 7 heads of young onions, 4-5 cloves of garlic, 1 tbsp. vinegar (best to take balsamic), 50 ml of soy sauce, a small pod of hot pepper, ground coriander, dried herbs, oil.

  1. The garlic is cut into short chopsticks, and the onion heads are cut in half. Together they are fried in butter until soft.
  2. Soy sauce and honey are added to the vegetables. Ingredients simmer for 3-4 minutes.
  3. After removing the pan from the stove, you need to send chopped garlic and all the seasonings to the vegetables.
  4. After thorough mixing, the snack should be infused for at least 1 hour.

Serve hot appetizer.

With soy sauce

 

For this recipe, soy sauce should be taken light salty without unnecessary additives (100 ml).Additionally, you will need: 550 g of garlic arrows, 1 carrot, a pair of bay leaves, 1 tsp. table vinegar, 1 tablespoon special “Korean” seasoning, olive oil.

  1. Garlic shoots are cut into sticks 6-7 cm long. Carrots are rubbed on a coarse grater.
  2. Vegetables are fried in well-heated olive oil.
  3. When the ingredients are soft, you can add crushed bay leaves, seasonings and vinegar to them. If desired, you can add a little sugar.
  4. It remains to mix the products well and pour them with soy sauce.

Ready-made salad of garlic arrows in Korean is stored exclusively in the refrigerator under a closed lid.

Quick recipe

An appetizer prepared according to such a recipe can be tasted and served immediately after mixing the ingredients. For it you need to use the following products: 350 g of young garlic shoots, 70 g of green onions, 2 tbsp. balsamic vinegar, 1 tbsp. sesame, 1 tsp sugar, a pinch of hot pepper, coriander and any other favorite seasonings, 40 ml of olive oil.

  1. Arrows are cut into sticks 3-5 cm long, green onions are chopped in the usual way.
  2. In a deep frying pan, oil is mixed with all the spices. The mass is well heated, and vegetables are added to it. Together, the ingredients are cooked over low heat for 8 minutes.
  3. Then they are sprinkled with sugar and poured with soy sauce.
  4. After another 10-12 minutes, the shoots of garlic should almost completely absorb the liquid from the pan and become soft.
  5. It remains to pour a little cooled mass with vinegar and sprinkle with sesame seeds, previously fried in a dry frying pan until golden.

Dry basil or rosemary will go well with such an appetizer.

Korean Garlic Arrow Salad with Vegetables

If you add vegetables to the garlic shoots, you get a full-fledged spicy spicy salad. To prepare it, you need to take: 450 g of arrows, 2 pcs. carrots, onions and red bell peppers, 3-4 cloves of garlic, juice of half a lemon, 50 ml of corn oil (can be replaced with any vegetable), a pinch of seasoning for salads or Korean carrots.

  1. 5-centimeter sticks of garlic are blanched for 2 minutes, after which they are mixed with the remaining finely chopped vegetables.
  2. The ingredients are poured with oil and lemon juice, and also sprinkled with all the cooked spices and chopped garlic.
  3. The salad is well mixed, transferred to a glass container with a lid and sent to a cold place.

Insist on a snack until ready for at least 24 hours. It needs to be mixed periodically.

Korean style garlic shoots for winter with sesame seeds

Sesame is able to add an original oriental flavor to any dish. Before mixing with other ingredients, it is always fried in a dry frying pan until golden (2 tsp). You also need to take: 550 g of garlic stems, 50 ml of soy sauce, 70 ml of refined oil, 1 tablespoon of rice vinegar, 8 pcs. cloves and the same amount of pepper with peas, a pinch of coriander and ground red pepper. The following describes how to cook garlic arrows in Korean with sesame seeds.

  1. All spices are ground with a pestle and sprinkled in hot oil in a thick-walled bowl.
  2. Immediately garlic shoots cut into short sticks are sent to the hot mass.
  3. When the ingredients are soft, soy sauce is sent to the bowl and the shoots are cooked to an olive hue.
  4. Then vinegar is poured, sesame is poured out, and the dishes are removed from the fire.
  5. Snack is infused for at least 12 hours on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator.

You can store the finished product in a glass container under a lid for 2 weeks.

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