Chilled Onion Salad
Bloody smooth! Japanese-style taste is rooted in Taiwan, onion sliced cold dish
Description
A massive staple healthy appetizer in Taiwanese eateries/taverns where paper-thin raw onions are ice-shocked, tossed with a soy/vinegar/sesame oil dressing and massive 'bonito flakes'.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Onion(White and Red)
- Bonito flakes
- Soy sauce
- Black vinegar(or White vinegar)
- Sesame oil
- Sugar
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- [Removing Onion Bite (Crucial)] Peel fresh onions (mixing red onions adds color), slice 'ultra-thin' with a slicer until translucent.
- Soak sliced onions in plenty of ice water for 15-
- mins, drawing out crisp texture while completely removing heat and astringency.
- Drain and wipe 'moisture completely' with paper (residual water dilutes sauce).
- [Dressing] In a bowl, mix soy sauce, Taiwanese black vinegar (or white vinegar), sesame oil, and a little sugar.
- Plate onions fluffily and high, drizzle the prepared dressing over them.
- Finally, mountain-heap Japanese 'bonito flakes (Chaiyu Pian)' on top, optionally sprinkle white sesame to finish.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Bonito flakes and Sesame oil aroma
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Japanese onions and Ponzu (almost identical taste)
Pairing
Heavy stir-fries or Beer
Trivia
[For Health Conscious] Japanese 'Onion Slice' has completely melted into Taiwanese food culture, now holding an immovable position as 'Xiaocai' in local Xiaochi shops and Re Chao. Said to thin the blood, the ultimate salad eaten as stomach warm-up before greasy Taiwanese food.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Right before eating, mix the mountain of bonito flakes, onions underneath, and sauce 'messily' together, letting the onions absorb the bonito umami before chomping down!
Allergen
Soy, Wheat (from soy sauce), Sesame