Asian Salad Dressing Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What is Chinese salad dressing made of? ›

This Asian Sesame Dressing is one of my all time most-used salad dressings, because it keeps for weeks and it's so easy to make – just soy sauce, sesame oil, olive oil, vinegar and sugar. Use this Asian dressing for leafy green salads, Asian slaws, noodle salads and chopped salads.

You can thicken Asian salad dressing by adding an egg yolk. Egg yolks are the preferred route to thicken salad dressings because of their consistency and ability to emulsify well with the other ingredients.

As a matter of fact, I frequently just drizzle a little olive oil on my salad, followed by some vinegar and salt, and then toss the greens. It's delicious. The French have decided that the perfect ratio for a vinaigrette is 3 parts oil to 1 part vinegar.

Wafu (Japanese-Style) Dressing

Made with soy sauce, rice vinegar, roasted sesame seeds, and grated onion, this versatile wafu dressing goes well with any salad combo you can think of. You will love how it can deliver amazing flavors in such subtlety.

Many Chinese recipes call for corn starch to be added to a sauce in the final stages of cooking.

How to Make Oriental Salad Dressing. In a medium bowl, combine sugar and rice vinegar and mix until sugar is completely dissolved. Add the mayonnaise, both sesame oils, and the mustard. Stir until well blended.

Cornstarch! In his book How to Cook Everything Vegetarian, Mark Bittman recommends mixing 1-2 tablespoons of cornstarch with the same amount of water, and tossing this into the stir fry just when it's almost done. It thickens in seconds, picking up the flavors of everything already in the dish and coating evenly.

Balsamic vinegar: Makes a bold, slightly sweet dressing that is wonderful on green salads with fruit, such as apples, strawberries or peaches. Red wine vinegar: Packs a punch and works well with other bold flavors and bright veggies, like tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumber, cabbage and more (think Greek salads).

Salad dressings are vegetable-oil-in-water emulsions containing vinegar, sugar, an emulsifier, and flavors.

What emulsifier is used in salad dressing? ›

An emulsifier/surfactant coats the oil molecules and makes it easier for them to mix with the watery stuff. Mustard is a common emulsifier for home made salad dressings. Mayonnaise is also an emulsifier, as are egg yolks, and honey. Commercial dressings often use xanthan gum, lecithin, or dairy extracts.

And at the top of that list? Caesar dressing. Made up of mayonnaise, cheese, salt and oil (and all too often, anchovies), Caesar tends to be one of the least healthy options out there. Those ingredients cause it to be high in both saturated fats and sodium.

Ranch Dressing

The ranch is hands down America's most beloved salad dressings. It is made from a number of ingredients such as buttermilk, mayonnaise, mustard, garlic, onion, chives, salt, and pepper.

Cream-based salad dressings use dairy or eggs as their base. For some people, these foods are not always preferable to limit cholesterol intake. Dressings like Thousand Island and ranch are cream-based and may be high in cholesterol.

Teriyaki salad dressing, aka China Coast dressing, is made up of mayonnaise, rice vinegar, granulated white sugar, sesame oil, soy sauce, and garlic powder.

Make the dressing by whisking together the following in a medium bowl or shaking in a mason jar: sesame oil, olive oil, soy sauce, rice vinegar, maple syrup, garlic and fresh ginger. If you want a creamier dressing, add in a tablespoon of tahini or cashew butter.