Daikon Salad with Bacon (Recipe + Video)

A New Approach to Salad

This Daikon Salad with Bacon provides a tasty and reviving compliment to any meal. The bacon complements the clean, somewhat sharp daikon to create a light yet filling salad. I enjoy how easily the basic components combine to provide strong tastes in every bite. This salad will be a hit at the table whether you're planning a gathering or a laid-back evening meal. Its well-balanced mix of delicious excellence and freshness will make it an immediate favorite in your cooking.

The Combining of Flavors

Often included in many Japanese recipes, daikon, a mild-flavored winter radish identified by its long white root, gives the salad a crisp texture and subdued sweet taste. When combined with sprouts and coated in a homemade bacon dressing, the daikon's flavor is enhanced. Producing a vivid blend of sensations that wonderfully complement one another.

Enjoying Your Daikon Salad

A compliment to a more Western-style cuisine or as a side dish with a classic Japanese meal. The smoky richness of the bacon dressing and the sour notes of vinegar and soy sauce envelop the crisp veggies in a savory delight. This daikon salad with bacon dressing looks quick to make and delicious to eat. It will tantalize your taste receptors and provide a new angle on your menu.

Recipes to serve Daikon Salad with Bacon with:

• Oyakodon
• Mentaiko Pasta
• Ebi Mayo
• Gyoza

Daikon Salad with Bacon

Cooking Japanese

This daikon salad with bacon dressing looks quick to make and delicious to eat. It will tantalize your taste receptors and provide a new angle on your menu.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 20 minutes mins

Course Salad, Side Dish

Cuisine Japanese

Servings 4 people

Ingredients

  

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• 1 lb Daikon
• 1 pack Kaiware Sprouts
• 6 slices of Bacon
• 1 tablespoon Vegetable Oil
• 1½ tablespoon Vinegar
• 2 tablespoon Soy Sauce
• Pepper

Instructions

 

• Use about half or 1 lb of Daikon.
  
• Remove the outer skin from the Daikon.
  
• Cut the Daikon into thin slices.
  
• Then cut the slices into thin strips.
  
• Place the Daikon strips into cold water.
  
• Cut the roots off the Kaiware Sprouts.
  
• Place the sprouts in the cold water with the Daikon.
  
• Soak the Daikon and sprouts for 15 minutes.
• Cut six slices of bacon into ⅓” pieces.
  
• Heat 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil on medium heat.
  
• Add the bacon and cook until it becomes crispy.
  
• Turn off the heat and add 1.5 tablespoons of vinegar.
• Add 2 tablespoons of soy sauce and pepper to taste.
• Remove the Daikon and sprouts from the water.
  
• Add the bacon dressing mixture to the Daikon and sprouts.
  
• Mix everything thoroughly.
  
• Serve and enjoy!
  

Keyword Bacon, Daikon, Salad

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