Ballistic Plates
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TypeSalad
Serves4 people
DateOctober 12, 2026
A salad with fiery peppers launched like rockets over a seaweed sea.
This salad depicts a salvo of rockets shooting into the sea: long hot peppers as missiles on a bed of seaweed salad. The sharp, sour flavors and contrasting colors highlight the tension of the North Korean missile news.
Ingredients
- 4 red pointed peppers
- 2 green jalapeño peppers
- 150 g seaweed salad (from the sushi section)
- 1 cucumber
- 1 lime
- 4 tbsp rice vinegar
- 2 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
- 1 small red onion
- 1 tbsp honey
- salt and black pepper
Method
- Slice the pointed peppers lengthwise and remove seeds. Slice the jalapeños lengthwise as well.
- Cut the cucumber into long, diagonal slices.
- Mix rice vinegar, sesame oil, soy sauce, honey, and lime juice for a dressing. Season with salt and pepper.
- Slice the red onion into thin rings.
- Spread the seaweed salad over a large flat platter to represent the sea.
- Arrange the halved pointed peppers and jalapeños diagonally from one side of the platter toward the center, like launching rockets.
- Place cucumber slices between the peppers as smoke trails.
- Sprinkle onion rings and sesame seeds over everything.
- Drizzle with dressing just before serving.
Serving notes
- Serve on a large white platter for extra contrast.
- Angle the peppers outward as if launching into the sea.
- For extra tension: add more jalapeño.