Korean BBQ Salad. If you’ve had Korean BBQ before, you know how amazing these mini salads are with freshly grilled meat!
Today, we’ll teach you how to make the Top-3 most popular types of Korean BBQ salads:
Soybean Sprout Salad with Cho-Gochujang Dressing (Salad A)
Flavor: Spicy, Sweet and Tangy – saucy consistency
Let me explain cho-gochujang first.
It’s made by diluting gochujang with vinegar, water and sugar. (We’ll add a few more ingredients in our recipe to make it even tastier.) The sauce is spicy, sweet and slightly tart.
And the consistency is much more saucy than regular gochujang. Making it easy toss with chopped lettuce, julienned green onion and blanched sprouts.
Green Onion Salad and Gochugaru Dressing (Salad B)
Flavor: Spicy, Savory, Bold – thicker consistency
This is the most common type of Korean salad served at K-BBQ restaurants. That’s because it’s so simple and easy to make make – julienned green onions.
By soaking in cold water, the slices lose their harsh onion flavor. And you’re left with a nice crunchy texture.
The sauce itself is a mix of soy sauce, gochugaru and other ingredients. It’s spicy, savory and slightly sweet.
They key difference is that it’s thicker in consistency – like a marinade.
It sticks to the green onion pieces well – but is too thick and gloopy for chopped lettuce. So avoid adding lettuce to this one!
Lettuce Salad with Soy-Vinaigrette Sauce (Salad C)
Flavor: Salty, Slightly-Sweet, Light – liquid consistency
If you can’t do spicy well, this is the sauce for you!
It is soy-sauce based, so the taste will be very familiar. We’ll lighten the soy sauce flavor with vinegar and water and add slight bit of sweetness with sugar and honey. This has a very liquid consistency – so it plays well with chopped lettuce.
COOKING NOTE
The recipe below is using teaspoon measurements – it makes enough sauce for 2 people!
If you want to serve 4+ people, swap out to a Tablespoon!
Bon Appetit ya’ll. And invite us to your next K-BBQ cookout!! 🙋♂️🙋♀️
-Daniel out 🕺
Korean BBQ Salad - 3 types for your BBQ
Ingredients
Soybean Sprout Salad with Cho-Gochujang Sauce (Salad A)
- Lettuce - 1 cup
- Green onion - 1 cup
- Soybean Sprouts - 1 cup
Cho-gochujang Sauce
- Gochujang - 2 teaspoon
- Vinegar - 4 teaspoon
- Sugar - 1.5 teaspoon
- Gochugaru - 1/3 teaspoon
- Honey - 1 teaspoon
- Water - 2 teaspoon
- Sesame Oil - 1/2 teaspoon
Green Onion Salad with Gochugaru Sauce (Salad B)
- Green onion - 2 cup
Gochugaru Sauce
- Gochugaru Flakes - 2.5 teaspoon
- Soy Sauce - 3 teaspoon
- Honey - 1 teaspoon
- Vinegar - 1 teaspoon
- Sesame seeds- 1 teaspoon
- Minced Garlic - 1/2 teaspoon
- Sugar - 1/2 teaspoon
- Sesame Oil - 1/2 teaspoon
Lettuce Salad with Soy-Vinaigrette Sauce (Salad C)
- Lettuce - 1 cup
- Green onion - 1 cup
Soy-Vinaigrette Sauce
- Soy Sauce - 3 teaspoon
- Vinegar - 2.5 teaspoon
- Sugar - 1 teaspoon
- Honey - 1/2 teaspoon
- Water - 5 teaspoons
Instructions
Soybean Sprout Salad with Cho-Gochujang Sauce (Salad A)
- Use equal parts lettuce, green onion and soybean sprouts.
- Watch the video below on how to prep each of the vegetables - careful not to overcook the soybean sprouts
- Simply mix all the ingredients in a small bowl
- Cho-Gochujang Sauce has a spicy, sweet and tangy flavor
- This sauce is also used frequently as a dipping sauce for seafood in Korea. Please note that sauce will be enough for a serving size of 2 people. For >3, use a Tablespoon.
Green Onion Salad and Gochujang Sauce (Salad B)
- The Green Onion salad is arguably the most famous in Korea because of its simplicity
- All it is is green onions, tossed in a fresh, spicy and flavorful gochujang sauce
- This salad dressing is much thicker than the first
- Do not add lettuce in this salad, as the lettuce will be coated with too much spicy dressing. Stick to the green onions!
Korean Lettuce Salad with Soy-Vinaigrette Sauce (Salad C)
- This final salad is perfect for those who don't do spicy well
- Its made from soy-sauce and should be a familiar taste
- We will lighten the soy-sauce with water and add a touch of sweetness with sugar and honey
- For this salad, we will use lettuce and green onions
Notes
- If you can't make up your mind on the three, I would try the second first!
- Watch the video below if you need more help!
- Serving size: 2-3 people
I made salad A and loved it. Theres a salad that I really like at one hot spot kbbq place in Chicago and they wouldn’t give me the recipe for the sauce. This taste exactly like it so I’m so happy to find your recipe. Thanks!
Oh Shanitra, happy that you tried making it at home 🙂