Korean Lettuce Salad
Korean lettuce salad is light, and refreshing and is a delicious blend of sour, salty and sweet, making it perfect to serve alongside meat dishes. It may not look fancy, but it's not something to be overlooked! All you need are a handful of ingredients and a few minutes to whip up this salad, showing that sometimes simple is the best!
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 31 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
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- Red or green leaf lettuce
- 1 1/2 tablespoons unsweetened rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds
- Thinly sliced red onion
- 1/2 teaspoon gochugaru chili flakes
Instructions
- 1
Wash the leaf lettuce and rip into bite-sized pieces. Set aside.
- 2
In a measuring cup or bowl, combine the rice vinegar and sugar and stir with a spoon until the sugar is completely dissolved, about 1 minute.
- 3
Add the water, light soy sauce, sesame oil, and sesame seeds and stir well. Add the gochugaru chili flakes, if using.
- 4
Top the lettuce leaves with thinly sliced red onion, if desired.
- 5
Serve the dressing on the side so people can dress their own leaf lettuce salad at the table when they are ready to eat.