# Kimchi Gochugaru Dense Bean Salad

This Kimchi Gochugaru Dense Bean Salad is a perfect gut-friendly meal prep that is gluten-free, dairy-free, and stores well in the fridge all week.

- Cuisine: Korean
- Category: Salad
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- chicken
- limes
- salt
- gochugaru
- 2 shallots
- 2 bell peppers
- 1 fist-sized head cabbage
- 1 bag Persian cucumbers
- cilantro
- 0.5 cup kimchi
- edamame
- white beans
- toasted sesame seeds

## Instructions

1. Start by marinating the chicken in lime, salt, and gochugaru marinade.
2. Thinly slice a couple of shallots.
3. Quarter and dice two bell peppers.
4. Smash about a fist-sized head of cabbage.
5. Dice a bag of Persian cucumbers.
6. Finely mince some cilantro.
7. Roughly chop about half a cup of kimchi.
8. Drain the edamame and white beans.
9. Grill the chicken.
10. Let the cooked chicken rest for 10 minutes.
11. Shred the chicken.
12. Make a simple gochugaru vinaigrette.
13. Add all ingredients into a large bowl, along with some toasted sesame seeds, and toss everything together.

## Equipment

- grill
- large bowl

## Tips

- The key to getting the juiciest chicken is to let it rest for 10 minutes after cooking so it absorbs a lot of the juice.
- Cabbage is a cheat code to get in your fiber.
- The probiotics in kimchi will soak into the salad and multiply as it marinates throughout the week.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/@violetwitchel/video/7532221867436903693?lang=en
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/f80ef9f7-1d36-42f0-84a5-6714feaa8ddf
- Extracted: 2025-12-30

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