Japanese Sesame Salad Dressing
5 from 3 votes.
Japanese sesame salad dressing. 2 to 3 tablespoons rice vinegar. 1 tablespoon soy sauce. Single serving batch is enough for 3 4 cups of shredded cabbage. 2 teaspoons sugar brown or granulated 1 teaspoon sesame oil.
3 tablespoons white sesame seeds. Grind the toasted sesame seeds with a mortar and pestle until smooth. Drizzle on top of a simple salad of ice. Sesame dressing is a mayo based dressing with a burst of sesame flavor that is popular for salad in japan.
This dressing is made in the blender and has lots of great taste sensations garlic ginger minced celery ketchup soy sauce lemon juice vinegar and oil. There are a lot of bottled sesame dressings at japanese supermarkets but it is very easy to make at home. Instructions place ingredients in a jar and shake well until sugar is dissolved. Its a favourite of japanese peoples and it goes with every salad.
As an extra benefit its also extremely versatile. Ingredients 4 tablespoons ground roasted sesame 4 tablespoons mayonnaise japanese or regular 1 tablespoon rice vinegar 2 teaspoons low sodium soy sauce 2 teaspoons sugar 2 teaspoons sesame oil. Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and whisk everything together. My dad is very fond of a creamy sesame dressing found in japanese restaurant near him and has asked me if i can come up with something close to it.
A simple recipe but when made with freshly toasted ground sesame seeds this dressing has a depth of flavor thats hard to beat. Probably the most frequently requested recipe from tanpopo noodle shop was the salad dressing. I tasted it tasted it and tasted it and came to a conclusion that its a commercial based salad dressing with raw eggs very sharp vinegar taste reminiscent of kewpie mayonnaise taste and something else i could not pinpoint. Japanese sesame dressing this yummy japanese sesame dressing is rich and creamy with a sesame nutty flavour.
Put sesame seeds in a frying pan and toast them on low heat. Bring to room temp and shake well before use. It has more calories than soy sauce based dressings but it tastes so good. Adjust saltiness with salt and sweetness with sugar.