This is an old fashioned food. It is made from different kinds of fruit, hard-boiled quail eggs, crabsticks, and peanuts, all mixed with mayonnaise. Does it sound weird or interesting to you? =P I guess, when mayonnaise was introduced in Korea, this salad was one of the original uses for it. In Korea, when somebody moves to a new house, they invite family or friends to have a meal together. I remember going to those kinds 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. The fun part of eating this salad was digging to find the best parts: the crab and 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 including 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 mix together with mayonnaise equals 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. 😉
Yield: 1½ Quarts
Short Korean Lesson
- Gwail (과일) = Fruit
- TtangKong (땅콩) = Peanuts
Video Instructions
Main Ingredients
- 1 Red Delicious Apple (1 Cup)
- 1 Tangerine or Mandarin Orange
- ½ Asian Pear (⅔ Cup)
- ⅔ Cup Strawberries
- ⅔ Cup Cucumbers
- 10 Quail Eggs
- ½ Cup Crabsticks
- 30 Unsalted Peanuts
- ½ Cup Mayonnaise
Directions
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. If the temperature is too high, it will make the eggs break. Cook for 7 more minutes.
Immediately 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 eggshells.
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 in your salad.
Cut ⅔ cup of cucumber into ½-inch cubes.
Cut ⅔ cup of strawberries in half.
You can use about 8 cherry tomatoes instead of strawberries if you want.
Cut 2 Korean crabsticks 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 like Red Delicious.
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. 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. 😀
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 😀
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,
haha.. make it.. it will bring good memories.. 😀 thanks
p.s ASSA I’m an angel.. puhahahah
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 😀
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.. 😀
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..
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
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. 😀
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
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..
Thank you for this recipe. I followed the style but with different ingredients. I put orange, shrimp, egg, raisin, potato, carrot, ham, corn, and sweet green beans. Is that still Korean style?!
And I didn’t serve it as appetizer, I ate it as my dinner… 😀
hi atv,
sorry for late reply @,@
what you try to add sounds good too.. ^^ haha.. yep.. it can fill your stomach.. that;s for sure.. thanks
Hi Aeri! I think I’ll try to make this for our New Year’s Eve dinner tonight.
Usually,in the Philippines, we make a fruit salad made of pineapple, apples, papaya, jelly, and heavy cream for the Christmas and New Year–even though the weather is cold. 🙂
Would love to try this one to make our holiday salad unique. I can already imagine how it tastes like! Yum! Happy New Year!
I used your recipe (picture shown in “website” and it was delicious! I also added a little bit of avocado, making it more “california”!
hi Juebejue,
wow.. lovely ~~~ thanks for sharing the picture with me. I like avocado.. I have to try it too. Please share more pictures with me..hehe
Thanks so much for this recipe~ It was delicious and I made lots of it for a potluck 🙂 although people seemed to like it as a dessert more than a side dish 😛 I’ll have to try some of your other recipes soon!
Hi aeri! Can i asked what type of mayo did you used? I always go to Korean supermarket and saw one. Is that different with western mayo like craft? I never make salad before. It would be nice if i got the reply from you. I ate this salad yesterday at the restaurant and i want to make it for my self. Thanks!
hi sonia,
I used American mayo “KRAFT”… Yes the taste seems a little different. I will like this salad with both Korean or American mayo.. but my sister-in-law who is an American.. didn’t like the flavor of Korean mayo much.. so to be safe.. maybe you can just try normal American mayo. ^^
Hi Aeri,
How are you and your baby?
When I come across this recipe of yours it indeed reminded me of my younger days when I attended gatherings or christmas parties, someone will surely prepare this salad and it was very well received too. And this evening I made some and had them for supper. Yum! Thank you for sharing this recipe.
i tried to make this recipe and ot truned out good thanks for this recipe 😛
How many people can this serve?
Hi Soul,
The yield for this recipe is 1½ Quarts… and this is usually served as a appetizer or side..so if you consider that.. you can think how many people will eat this.. Thanks.