Asian-Inspired Salad

Submitted by erinn in tbay

"We are addicted to this salad! It goes very well with sushi or as a meal itself with grilled chicken on top. This is one of my most requested recipes."

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 1 salad(you determine the size)

ingredients

• dressing

• 3 ounces rice vinegar
• 1 ounce Kikkoman soy sauce
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 garlic clove, pressed
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 7 ounces vegetable oil

• salad

• romaine lettuce or lettuce
• carrot, peeled and cut into slivers
• celery, slivered
• bean sprouts
• red peppers or green pepper, sliced
• chopped peanuts or cashews, toasted
• sesame seeds, toasted

directions

1. Mix dressing ingredients in a jar and shake.
2. Wash and tear lettuce into a bowl, add carrots, peppers, celery to bowl and toss.
3. Put dressing and bowl on table with bean sprouts, nuts and sesame seeds in individual bowls and tell your guests to create their own salad.

Reviews

[moxie]

Erinn, this is just fabulous!!!!! I made a double-batch of the dressing and marinated some chicken tenders in it overnight, then grilled them and added them --what a wonderful light meal!!! I wanted it a little lighter, so I added just 1 ounce of oil to the dressing. It's so flavorful, I never missed the fat. Thank you so much for sharing what is sure to be a regular meal in our family.

 

[MollyJ]

I liked this a lot and served this with grilled salmon, "Recipe #13982". Like so many, I only used a total of 3 oz of oil: one of Sesame Oil, two of canola oil. It's a pretty salad and DS who is not adventurous when it comes to salad, was fascinated by the bean sprouts. I also added some snow peas. Very Pretty and tasty, especially with the Sesame oil.

 

[Paja9203]

Just great! As other reviewers, I cut down the oil, to about 4 T. and added about 1 Tbsp. of sesame oil. I used red pepper for the colour and flavour and omitted the celery since I didn't have any. I added some snap peas which was nice with the Asian theme, I thought. Since I was making it for company I made the effort and steamed the carrot and peas for a couple of minutes and then put them in cold water. This brought out the colour and flavour, I think. Everyone really enjoyed the salad which was part of an Asian flavoured meal. I will definitely make this salad again! Thanks for posting, Erinn in TBay!

 

[Jonathan Melendez]

A quick and easy salad that comes together with no time at all. This will be your new favorite dish!

 

[gailanng]

I loved this Asian salad. Hey, let's substitute an evening in Singapore for one in Louisiana, shall we? You hang some lanterns from the ceiling and throw out a couple of chopsticks in exchange for an evening with an alligator and a Hurricane cocktail and then we're in business. The accents are the same and just as unintelligible.