Salads

Salads Recipes

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Salad recipes with vegetables, fruit, and grains

Beet and Goat Cheese Salad

Wrapped in foil and roasted, the beets keep their juice and come out sweet and tender, with much of their raw earthiness gone. Tangy goat cheese meets that sweetness, while peppery arugula and toasted walnuts round out a classic French-style starter. A dressing of balsamic, honey, and olive oil brings a sweet-tart edge that pulls the separate parts together. With beets of different sizes, a toothpick sliding easily into the center tells you more than the timer does. Peeled beets should cool fully before slicing for clean edges, and the goat cheese goes on just before serving so it keeps its texture.

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Prep 15min Cook 35min 2 servings

Side dishes Easy

Korean Seaweed Salad (Tangy Chili-Vinegar Dressed Miyeok)

Dried miyeok swells more than eightfold in a 20-minute soak, so adding extra because the dry pile looks small quickly turns one side dish into a big bowlful.

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Prep 20min 0 2 servings

Noodles Easy

Crown Daisy & Mung Bean Noodle Salad

Crown daisy, the herb sold as ssukgat in Korean markets, brings a grassy, faintly bitter note that the sweet-sour dressing of soy sauce, vinegar, and plum syrup balances. Mung bean glass noodles should come out translucent but still a little chewy; softer than that and they clump into a sticky mass once dressed. Cucumber and crown daisy shed water as they sit, so the salad gets tossed right before it reaches the table.

Prep 18min Cook 7min 2 servings

Salads Easy

Beet Râpée (French Shredded Beet Salad)

Raw beet cut into very fine shreds keeps its sweetness and crunch, dressed the way a French carrot râpée would be, with olive oil, lemon and whole-grain mustard. A little sugar rounds off the acidity. The shreds need an even thickness so that a short 10-minute salting softens every piece to the same degree. Squeezing out the red liquid afterward keeps the beet crisp; left in, it makes the dressing slide off the shreds and collect at the bottom of the bowl. The fine shreds snap easily and are lifted and turned gently until the mustard seeds and a thin film of oil cling to every strand.

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Prep 15min Cook 5min 2 servings

Side dishes Easy

Korean Seasoned Sea Mustard Sporophyll

Miyeokgwi, the ruffled base of the sea mustard plant (sold as mekabu in Japan), is thicker and bumpier than the leaves and bounces back when you bite it. It is dressed sweet, sour, and hot with chili flakes, soy, vinegar, and sugar, then chilled for 10 minutes before serving.

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Prep 12min Cook 3min 4 servings

Noodles Medium

Yam Woon Sen (Thai Glass Noodle Salad with Shrimp)

Lime juice, fish sauce, and palm sugar make a sharp, salty, faintly sweet dressing that soaks into fine mung bean glass noodles, poached shrimp, celery, and red onion. Cilantro goes in last and is folded through lightly so the leaves stay bright. The salad is meant to be eaten right after mixing, while the noodles are still springy rather than swollen with dressing. Thick sweet potato noodles used for Korean japchae are not a substitute, since they need different soaking and cooking times.

Prep 18min Cook 8min 2 servings

Salads Easy

Black Bean Corn Avocado Salad

Corn seared in a dry, very hot pan picks up brown spots and a toasty sweetness that the mild black beans need. Lime juice and cilantro give the bowl the bright, sharp edge of a Mexican salsa, while avocado folded in at the end softens the acidity with its richness. Well-drained beans matter too, since leftover liquid dilutes the lime dressing quickly.

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Prep 15min Cook 5min 2 servings

Side dishes Easy

Korean Seasoned Cucumber Pickle Salad

Oiji are cucumbers put down in brine for a month or more in summer, when cucumbers are everywhere, and they come out with a firm, chewy crunch nothing like a fresh one. Straight from the brine they are too salty. The slices soak in cold water for about 30 minutes, though a bite of one slice tells you more than the timer.

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Prep 15min 0 4 servings

Salads Easy

Blackened Chicken Caesar Salad

Chicken breast rubbed with smoked paprika and seared over medium-high heat brings a smoky, warm counterpoint to cold, crisp romaine. Despite the blackened name, this version skips the usual cayenne and dried herb blend and relies on smoked paprika alone. The Caesar-style dressing is a quick mix of mayonnaise, lemon, Dijon and garlic with no anchovy, while croutons and shaved Parmesan supply crunch and salt.

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Prep 15min Cook 12min 2 servings

Salads Easy

Bomdong Strawberry Doenjang Salad

Bomdong, a flat, open-leaf cabbage harvested from winter into early spring, has sweet, crunchy leaves that pair surprisingly well with strawberries. The link is a doenjang dressing: Korean soybean paste loosened with olive oil, lemon juice, and honey, salty and nutty without being heavy. Because doenjang varies a lot in saltiness from brand to brand, the dressing goes on in portions, tasted as you go. The leaves are torn by hand rather than cut to keep their natural shape, then dried well, since leftover water thins the dressing. Strawberries sit on top of the greens instead of in the dressing, which would make them weep juice, and walnuts and sesame add a toasty note that bridges the fruit and the paste.

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Prep 15min 0 2 servings

Salads Medium

Pork Bossam Apple Mustard Salad

Leftover bossam, Korean boiled pork, gets a second life tossed with cabbage, perilla leaves, cucumber, and apple. Instead of Korean hot mustard, the dressing uses whole-grain mustard and vinegar, which keeps the heat gentle and lets the seeds give a little pop. Apple sweetness and the minty, herbal note of perilla lighten the fatty pork, and the cabbage stays crisp when the salad goes to the table right away.

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Prep 22min Cook 8min 4 servings

Salads Easy

Broccoli Cranberry Salad

Broccoli blanched for just 30 seconds loses its raw edge but keeps a real crunch. Tart dried cranberries, nutty sunflower seeds, and finely minced red onion are bound by a Greek yogurt dressing brightened with lemon. The salad is served chilled, so it can be made ahead and kept in the fridge.

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Prep 12min Cook 3min 2 servings

Salads Medium

Buchu Beef Mustard Salad (Seared Beef & Chive Mustard Salad)

Hot mustard whisked into a soy-vinegar dressing gives this salad a sinus-clearing kick, and julienned Korean pear cools it down with crisp sweetness. With seared beef round set on garlic chives and red cabbage, the plate eats lighter than most beef dishes. Round is a lean cut, seared hard over high heat so the outside darkens while the center stays pink. After a 5-minute rest, the beef is cut against the grain about 1 cm thick; sliced and left to cool, it toughens. The chives wilt the longer they sit in dressing, which makes the resting time the moment to prep the vegetables and dressing, with everything tossed just before serving.

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Prep 15min Cook 7min 2 servings

Salads Easy

Buckwheat Avocado Salad

Nutty, faintly bitter buckwheat groats meet creamy avocado, and each fills in what the other lacks. Dill, a staple herb in Eastern European cooking where buckwheat is everyday food, adds a cool, grassy lift, while lemon juice keeps the grains from feeling heavy. Cucumber and cherry tomatoes bring the juiciness that keeps the bowl from turning dry or monotonous.

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Prep 15min Cook 12min 2 servings

Salads Easy

Caesar Salad

Mayonnaise forms the base of this dressing, and lemon juice lifts its heaviness so a thick coat on the romaine never turns cloying. The anchovy is optional. Minced fine, it melts into the mayo and reads as savory depth rather than fish.

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Prep 15min Cook 10min 2 servings

Salads Easy

Caprese Salad

With no cooking involved, the whole dish rests on ripe tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, and basil-scented olive oil. Slices of red, white, and green overlap on a wide plate, and a thin thread of balsamic glaze adds sweet acidity without pooling in one spot. Salting too early draws water from the tomatoes and floods the plate, which is why seasoning waits until just before serving.

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Prep 10min 0 2 servings

Salads Medium

French Celeriac Remoulade

Celeriac looks like a gnarled root, yet its pale flesh smells gently of celery and stays crisp when cut raw into fine matchsticks. Bound with mayonnaise and Dijon mustard, the French remoulade resembles coleslaw at a glance, but the mustard's sharp tang sits further forward.

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Prep 20min 0 2 servings

Salads Medium

Ceviche mixto

Raw salmon and white fish go into a cold leche de tigre together with shrimp and squid that were fully cooked and chilled separately. Only fish sold for raw consumption with documented parasite-control freezing belongs in it, and it should not be served to pregnant people, children, older adults or anyone with weakened immunity.

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Prep 50min Cook 10min 4 servings

Salads Easy

Korean Melon Cucumber Perilla Salad

Crisp, honey-sweet chamoe (yellow Korean melon) and cucumber make a cold summer salad dressed with ground perilla seeds. The perilla powder thickens the lemon dressing and gives it a nutty, almost toasty depth, a flavor Koreans know from perilla noodle soups. Shredded perilla leaves go in last for a second, fresher layer of the same plant, and the melon tastes sweeter the colder it is.

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Prep 20min 0 4 servings

Salads Easy

Chamnamul Pear Tofu Salad

Eaten raw, chamnamul (a Korean mountain herb) gives off a fresh aroma somewhere between parsley and celery. Pan-fried cubes of firm tofu, golden and crisp outside, give it something to chew on, julienned Asian pear adds cool sweetness, and halved cherry tomatoes bring a little acidity. Whether the tofu forms a firm crust depends on moisture: pressed poorly, it sticks to the pan and never firms up. The cubes are folded in last, after the greens are dressed, once they have cooled completely and can hold their shape. The pear is cut right before assembly to limit browning, and the dressing is just perilla oil, lemon juice, and soup soy sauce, kept simple so the nutty perilla oil leads.

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Prep 15min Cook 8min 2 servings

Salads Easy

Korean Herb Citrus Chicken Salad

Sweet yuja citron syrup, balanced with soy sauce and a little garlic, turns plain chicken breast into something bright. Gently poached chicken breast, rested off the heat and torn along the grain, soaks up that dressing between its fibers instead of turning dry. Chamnamul, a slightly bitter Korean herb, keeps the citrus sweetness from tipping the salad toward dessert.

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Prep 18min Cook 10min 2 servings

Salads Easy

Charred Cabbage Gamtae Salad

Napa cabbage seared hard on its cut sides turns smoky-sweet on the surface while the core stays crisp. Gamtae, a fine, hair-like Korean seaweed sold in dried sheets, is crumbled over the warm wedges for a delicate ocean aroma, and the salad is best eaten while the cabbage is still warm and the seaweed still crackles.

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Prep 15min Cook 10min 4 servings

Salads Medium

Charred Broccolini Doenjang Lentil Salad

Soft lentils soak right up a thick, savory dressing of doenjang (Korean fermented soybean paste), Dijon mustard, and cider vinegar. Broccolini, halved lengthwise and charred at the edges, and coarsely chopped walnuts give the bowl its crunch. It holds well cold or at room temperature, so it is easy to prepare ahead.

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Prep 18min Cook 20min 4 servings

Salads Easy

Charred Corn Bulgur Gochujang Salad

A gochujang dressing sweetened with maple syrup gives bulgur, the cracked wheat of Middle Eastern tabbouleh, a Korean turn. Corn charred in a dry pan until spotted brown adds concentrated sweetness to soften the chili heat, while cucumber and cherry tomatoes keep it fresh. The grains keep absorbing the dressing as they sit, so leftovers taste even fuller the next day.

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Prep 15min Cook 12min 4 servings