This Korean style fruit salad is an another old fashioned food. It is made from different kinds of fruit, hard boiled quail eggs, crab sticks, and peanuts, all mixed with mayonnaise. Does it sounds weird or interesting to you? =P I guess, when mayonnaise was introduced to Korea, this salad was one of the uses for it.
In Korea, when somebody moves to a new house, they invite family or friends to their new house and have a meal together. I remember doing that. I went to those kind of parties with my parents many times. Almost every party had this salad. My mom also made it whenever we had a party at our house. As a kid, it was one of my favorite menu items for the meal. The fun part of eating this salad was digging to find the best parts – the pieces of crab or the eggs. (Oops, that does not sound like good table manners, but my excuse is that I was a kid. ㅋㅋㅋ)
Nowadays, there are many different kinds of fancy salad dressings from the Western world in Korea, so this old fashioned fruit salad is not as common as it was before. However, many people include me still miss this old fashioned salad every now and then. The sweetness from mixed fruits, slight saltiness from the crab sticks, nuttiness from the peanuts, and the egg flavor mixed together with mayonnaise – yummy~~~ Anyway, I was very excited to make this dish and share the recipe with you, because it is delicious and it can be a unique dish to try. I ate and ate after I made it. It was still as delicious as I remembered. @.@ Hehe, I hope you like it too.
Short Korean Lesson: *^^*
Gwail (과일) = Fruit
TtangKong (땅콩) = Peanuts
Main Ingredients:
1 Apple (Red Delicious) (1 Cup)
1 Tangerine or Mandarin Orange
½ Asian Pear (⅔ Cup)
⅔ Cup Strawberries
⅔ Cup Cucumbers
10 Quail Eggs
½ Cup Crab Sticks
30 Unsalted Peanuts
½ Cup Mayonnaise
Yield: About 1.5 Quarts
Soak 10 quail eggs in cold water for about 10 minutes. This helps to prevent the eggs from breaking when you boil them later.
In 2 cups of water, add the quail eggs and ½ tsp of sea salt. The salt also helps to prevent the eggs from breaking and give them a little flavor. Cook on high.
Once it starts to boil, reduce the temperature to medium (too high of a temperature makes the eggs break) and cook for 7 more minutes.
Right after they finish boiling, drain the hot water and leave the eggs in cold water for several minutes. This helps make removing the shells easier.
Peel off the egg shells.
Prepare about 30 unsalted peanuts.
Peel 1 tangerine or mandarin orange. Remove the white strings and divide them.
Slightly peel off the cucumber skin. This way you can get some nice green color for your salad.
Cut ⅔ cup of cucumber into ½ inch cubes.
Cut ⅔ cup of strawberries into ½ inch cubes.
You can use about 8 cherry tomatoes instead of strawberries if you want.
Cut 2 Korean crab sticks into ½ inch cubes. It should make about ½ cup.
Cut ⅔ cup of Asian pears into ½ inch cubes.
Like the cucumber, slightly peel off 1 apple. Use a sweet apple – Red Delicious is a good type.
Cut 1 cup of apple into ½ inch cubes.
In a large mixing bowl, add all of the ingredients and ½ cup of mayonnaise.
Mix it gently. I only used mayonnaise for mine, however if you want, you can add a little bit of salt or sugar depending on your taste in this step.
Before serving, chill this salad in the refrigerator for several minutes so that it will taste even better. Enjoy this recipe. Thank you.
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HI Karrie,
Oh.. I’ve never tried canned ones either. How it tastes like ? very interesting.. Yep.. try to boil them at home.. maybe I guess it will be a little better than from can ?? hehe just guessing..
Hi Aeri´! I´m a 20 year-old girl from Spain. I´ve been reading your blog for a long time and I only want to thank you for your marvelous Korean recipes ^^
I’m so happy you added this!!! I’m going to the Korean market today! I’m going to pick up all my ingredients that I ran out of so that I can cook Korean again!
hi farleen,
lol yes you are cute !!! Oh my… your girl looks so lovely in your picture…
Well.. I think.. it’s almost same..but slightly different.. maybe.. quail eggs has a little (can’t taste much) bitter taste to me..
My mom used to make it with raisins, apple, cucumber, boiled potato and egg, and I think blanched carrots and of course mayo. I’ve never eaten quail eggs before, though – must try it! Thanks for instructions on how to boil.
hi anna,
aha.. raisins.. I thought I could add something else.couldn’t remember well. that was it.. hehe oops.. too late.. ^^;; yes.. quail eggs are small so.. more sensitive to boil.. try my methods.. thanks
My mom also used to make this salad on party. But she also puts cooked potato, cooked carrots for the color, ham and she takes off the watery part of the cucumber before adding it to the salad. Otherwise, the other ingredients are almost the same as yours
It is so delicious!
I have never boiled my own quail eggs before. I have bought the canned ones that are already boiled.
I would like to try your method to boil them!
HI Karrie,
Oh.. I’ve never tried canned ones either. How it tastes like ? very interesting.. Yep.. try to boil them at home.. maybe I guess it will be a little better than from can ?? hehe just guessing..
oh… i do make something similar but i didnt put eggs. i will add them next time!! aeri w..u r brilliant
hi layping,
Oh I love the egg with mayo.. you should try it.. hehe thanks
Hi Aeri´! I´m a 20 year-old girl from Spain. I´ve been reading your blog for a long time and I only want to thank you for your marvelous Korean recipes ^^
hi Laura,
Thanks for your comment. Very happy to meet you from Spain.
I’m so happy you added this!!! I’m going to the Korean market today! I’m going to pick up all my ingredients that I ran out of so that I can cook Korean again!
hi Yun,
Try many Korean dishes.. hehe.. thanks
OH.EM.GEE!
the picture is soo cute! just like me. jkjk *just kidding
do the quail eggs taste like chicken eggs?
hi farleen,
lol yes you are cute !!! Oh my… your girl looks so lovely in your picture…
Well.. I think.. it’s almost same..but slightly different.. maybe.. quail eggs has a little (can’t taste much) bitter taste to me..
Just wanted to say that I (and my friends) love your blog and keep posting!
hi Irene,
Oh~~ sweet.. thank you..and please tell your friends .. thanks for me too..
My mom used to make it with raisins, apple, cucumber, boiled potato and egg, and I think blanched carrots and of course mayo. I’ve never eaten quail eggs before, though – must try it! Thanks for instructions on how to boil.
hi anna,
aha.. raisins.. I thought I could add something else.couldn’t remember well. that was it.. hehe oops.. too late.. ^^;; yes.. quail eggs are small so.. more sensitive to boil.. try my methods.. thanks
Oh my god. You’re an angel! Thank you for this receipe….
I’m being flooded with so many memories from my childhood right now!
hi Dexter,
thanks
haha.. make it.. it will bring good memories..
p.s ASSA I’m an angel.. puhahahah
My mom also used to make this salad on party. But she also puts cooked potato, cooked carrots for the color, ham and she takes off the watery part of the cucumber before adding it to the salad. Otherwise, the other ingredients are almost the same as yours
It is so delicious!
hi Van,
Cooked potato with mayo.. love it.. hehe
It’s cool that we have similar memories.. hehe thanks