Kim Dae-seok's Fresh Oyster Radish Salad

• radish (blue part) 350g
• fresh oysters 300g
• green onion 10 stalks
• green chili pepper 1 piece
• sea salt 1/2 tablespoon (for radish pickling)
• sea salt 1 tablespoon (for oyster cleaning)
• sesame oil 1 tablespoon
• red pepper powder 4 tablespoons
• minced garlic 1 tablespoon
• kangaroo fish sauce 2 tablespoons
• shrimp paste liquid 1 tablespoon
• plum syrup 2 tablespoons
• brown sugar 1 tablespoon
• minced ginger 1/4 tablespoon
• vinegar 3 tablespoons
• toasted sesame seeds 1 tablespoon

Recipe 🍳

Cooking tips 💡

• When washing fresh oysters, always dissolve the salt completely in water—using undissolved salt can damage the shell or crystals, causing loss of flavor compounds.
• When removing oysters from the water, gently lift them by hand to avoid pulling up any shell fragments that have settled at the bottom.
• Coating oysters with sesame oil prevents direct contact with heat from your hands, helping preserve freshness and effectively blocking fishy odors.
• After pickling the radish, squeeze out moisture thoroughly so that even after cooking, the dish won’t become watery, and the seasonings will adhere well.

Recommended for 🙋

• ⭐Those who want to enjoy the perfect combination of fresh, ocean-fresh oysters and crisp radish salad.
• ⭐People who have experienced failure when making radish salad, resulting in watery broth over time.
• ⭐Those who want to prepare oysters without fishy odor using the sesame oil coating technique.