Gochujang Chop Salad Kit
If you ask us, a salad is never “just” a salad. Every salad is an opportunity, a chance to combine flavors, textures, and sensations from a dizzying variety of veggies and cuisines.
Take Trader Joe’s Gochujang Chop Salad Kit, for example: by merging traditional salad greens like napa cabbage, lettuce, carrot, and celery, with Korean-style enhancements like black sesame seeds, crunchy puffed brown rice, and an elegantly sweet-spicy gochujang vinaigrette, you get a delicious fusion of fresh flavors that’s altogether greater than the sum of its parts. Like our other salad kits, Trader Joe’s Gochujang Chop Salad comes with all ingredients triple-washed and ready to mix—all you need to do is combine everything into one serving dish, lightly toss, and you’re good to go.
Unique to this Kit in particular, however, is the inclusion of a Gochujang vinaigrette, a perfectly balanced sweet-and-spicy dressing based on the renowned Korean chili paste. This vinaigrette, along with the texture-enhancing additions of nutty black sesame seeds and puffed brown rice, transforms this Salad from “just” a veggie afterthought into an adventurously savory side or main dish, especially when paired with your favorite grilled protein. If you’re feeling even more adventurous than that, stuff some of the salad into Korean-inspired tacos or burritos with warm slices of Trader Joe’s Korean Style Beef Short Ribs.
Indeed, Trader Joe’s Gochujang Chop Salad Kit is much more than “just” a salad. It’s a call to adventure, an occasion to elevate any meal into fascinating, flavorful cuisine. And since we’re selling each 14-ounce Kit for $3.99, it’s an opportunity for some serious savings, too. Now isn’t that “just” about the best news you’ve heard all day?
SALAD (NAPA CABBAGE, ROMAINE LETTUCE, CARROT, RED CABBAGE, CELERY, RADISH, PUFFED BROWN RICE, BLACK SESAME SEEDS), GOCHUJANG VINAIGRETTE (SUGAR, WATER, SESAME OIL, SOY SAUCE [WATER, SOYBEANS, SALT, ALCOHOL], GOCHUJANG HOT PEPPER PASTE [WATER, SUGAR, CHILI POWDER, FERMENTED SOYBEAN PASTE {WATER, SOYBEANS, RICE, SALT, ALCOHOL}, PEAR PUREE CONCENTRATE, SALT, SALTED SAKE {SAKE (WATER, RICE, KOJI STARTER [ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE]), SALT}, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, YEAST EXTRACT, RICE VINEGAR, SESAME OIL, PAPRIKA, CORNSTARCH], DISTILLED VINEGAR, DRIED GINGER, RICE VINEGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF CITRIC ACID, CORNSTARCH, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, SPICES, PINEAPPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE, SALT, SESAME SEED, XANTHAN GUM).
CONTAINS SOY.
NUTRITION FACTS:
about 4 servings per container | Serving size 1 1/2 cup (100g) salad plus dressing† | Amount per serving: Calories 100
Total Fat 4.5g (6% DV), Saturated Fat 0.5g (3% DV), Trans Fat 0g, Cholesterol 0mg (0% DV), Sodium 190mg (8% DV), Total Carbohydrate 14g (5% DV), Dietary Fiber 1g (4% DV), Total Sugars 6g—Includes 4g Added Sugars (8% DV), Protein 2g, Vitamin D (0% DV), Calcium (4% DV), Iron (6% DV), Potassium (6% DV).
†Per serving dressing contributes 50 calories, 0.5g saturated fat, 5g total carbohydrate, 4g total sugars, 4g added sugars.
The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
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