Japanese Restaurant Salad with Carrot-Ginger Dressing for #SundaySupper
Posted By Dorothy Reinhold On July 22, 2012 @ 1:00 am In Cookbooks,Restaurants,Salad,SundaySupper | 37 Comments
Recipe: Japanese Restaurant Salad with Carrot-Ginger Dressing [1]
[2]Summary: A neon orange gingery delight, this Carrot-Ginger Dressing enlivens a salad or steamed vegetables, or stands in as a dip for raw vegetables!
Ingredients
- For the Japanese Carrot-Ginger Dressing:
- 3 medium-size carrots, peeled and cut into about 1-inch chunks
- 1 piece (2-inches) fresh ginger, peeled and cut into disks
- 1 shallot, minced, or ¼ cup minced onion
- 3 tablespoons unseasoned rice vinegar, or 1½ tablespoons white wine vinegar
- ¼ cup canola, peanut, or vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon Asian (dark) sesame oil (see Notes)
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
- 4 teaspoons miso paste (optional, but recommended)
- 2 teaspoons mirin (optional; see Notes)
- For the Salad:
- 6 to 7 cups thinly sliced romaine lettuce (about 1½ heads lettuce or 2 hearts of romaine)
- I added 2 big leaves of kale, ribs removed and sliced in a chiffonade
- ½ cup shredded peeled carrots
- ½ cucumber (preferably seedless or English), peeled, cut in half lengthwise, and thinly sliced crosswise
- Handful of cherry or grape tomatoes
- 1 cup steamed tiny broccoli florets (optional)
Instructions
- Make the Japanese Carrot-Ginger dressing: Place the carrot chunks, ginger, shallot or onion, rice vinegar, canola oil, sesame oil, and sugar in a food processor fitted with the metal blade. Pulse until well combined. Add the miso and mirin, if using, and ¼ cup of water and puree until nicely blended and fairly smooth. If you want your dressing a little thinner, you can add another tablespoon or two of water and puree again.
- Make the salad: Place the lettuce, shredded carrots, cucumber, tomatoes, and broccoli, if using, in a large serving bowl and drizzle about 1⁄2 cup of the dressing on top, or more if desired. Toss the salad and serve.
- Yield: Serves 4-6; with about 2 cups of dressing, there’s enough for a few more salads
Quick notes
Mirin: A rice wine used in Japanese cooking, mirin is a bit like sake, but sweeter and with less alcohol. In fact, one kind—shin mirin—has only a trace amount of alcohol; so if you’re buying a fresh bottle for family cooking, that’s the one to choose. You can also leave it out completely, and no one will miss it. Asian (or dark or roasted) sesame oil is made from toasted sesame seeds and has a deep, nutty, very appealing flavor.
Make Ahead: The Japanese carrot-ginger dressing lasts in the fridge for at least a week, so that’s why this is a recipe for a big batch, more than double what you would use for a salad for a family of four or so. Might as well make it worthwhile to rev up the food processor, right? The salad part is just a suggestion—use whatever lettuce and veggies your family is into.
What the Kids Can Do: Did you know you can peel ginger with a teaspoon? It’s true—the skin is very thin, and if you take a teaspoon and turn the bowl part in toward the ginger and scrape away with the edge of the spoon, it will take the skin right off quickly. A spoon can get into those creases and crevices of the ginger better than a regular vegetable peeler. This task can safely keep a young sous chef busy for a while. Kids can also measure and dump things for the dressing into the food 
[3]processor. And they can assemble the salad.
Source
“The Mom 100 Cookbook,” by Katie Workman (Workman Publishing; 2012)
Preparation time: 20 minute(s)
Number of servings (yield): 4-6
The Sunday Supper Group has enjoyed creating Katie’s recipes. We are honored to have Katie as our guest during our #SundaySupper live Twitter chat at 7 p.m. EST. Join us and chat with Katie about being a mom, kids and spending time around the family Table.
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Here are some favorite Mom 100 recipes we have made for #SundaySupper this week.
Salads:
- Japanese Restaurant Salad with Carrot-Ginger Dressing Shockingly Delicious [4] @shockinglydlish
Main Dish:
- Spicy Ranch Bacon & Avocado Quesadilla Daily Dish Recipes [5] @nicolehcook
- Pear, Goat cheese and Pancetta Grilled Pizza MamaMommyMom [6] @mamamommymom
- Turkey Meat Sauce The Meltaways [7] @MrsMeltaway
- Lasagna with Turkey Meat Sauce GirliChef [8]@girlichef
- Salsa Chicken Quesadilla with a homemade cilantro chimichurri Juanita’s Cocina [9] @juanitascocina
- Individual Grilled Pizza Big Bears Wife [10] @bigbearswife
- Beans and Cheese Quesadila with Tomato Salad Basic n Delicious [11] @basicndelicious
- Grill Roasted Honey Ginger Chicken Are you Hungry? [12] @redkathy
- One-Pot Arroz con Pollo – Cuban Style Comfy Cuisine [13] @trish0605
- Sesame Noodles With Shrimp and Vegetables Magnolia Days [14] @reneedobbs
- Fresh Mozzarella Pasta Casserole Twitter Doggie at The Dinner Table [15]@doggieatdinner
- Arroz con Pollo Puerto Rican style Cooking by the seat of our pants [16]@cbsop
- Rice Toppings of Garlic, Lemon, Rosemary Roasted Chicken with Summer Pineapple The Queen’s Notebook [17] @mango_queen
- Pizza Quesadillas Meal Planning Magic [18]@mealplanmom
- Sesame Noodles Cupcakes and Kale Chips [19] @CupcakeKaleChip
- Lasagna Parcels with Turkey Meat Sauce Small Wallet Big Appetite [20] @wallet_appetite
- Grilled Chicken Pita Sandwich Pippi’s in the Kitchen Again [21]@shlylais
- Grilled Breakfast Pizza & Sauteed Corn & Spinach Grilled Pizza Momma’s Meals [22] @mommasmeals
- Sauteed Corn, Spinach, Bacon and scallions! Mama’s Blissful Bites [23] @mamapoolecooks
- Thai Style Sesame Glass Noodle My Trials in the Kitchen [24] @seetfei
- Caramelized Onion & Flank Steak Quesadilla In The Kitchen with KP [25] @InTheKitchenKP
- Teriyaki Skewers Real Best Recipe [26] @realbestrecipe
- Skillet Spinach Corn with Edamame Cilantro & Bacon Bits Sue’s Nutrition Buzz [27] @ssunithi
- Pulled Pork with Papa Mike’s Cole Slaw In the Kitchen with Audrey [28] @audreysmamma
- Sauteed Corn, Spinach Bacon and Scallions That Skinny Chick Can Bake [29] @thatskinnychick
- Arroz con Pollo Portuguese Style Family Foodie [30] @familyfoodie
Desserts:
- Fudgy One Pot Brownies Mrs. Mama Hen [31] @MrsMamaHen
- Simple Vanilla Cupcakes Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks [32] @HezziD
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Squares Chocolate Moosey [33] @chocolatemoosey
- Butterscotch-Bacon Apple cookies What Smells So Good? [34] @jo_jo_ba
Wine pairing Wine Everyday [35] @wineeveryday
We will be sharing great family recipes all afternoon and want you to share yours with us! #SundaySupper starts every week at 3 p.m. EST by showcasing fabulous recipes. Follow us on Twitter by using hashtag #Sundaysupper or using Tweetchat [36]. We love to feature your recipes on our #sundaysupper pinterest board [37] and share them with all our followers.
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[5] Daily Dish Recipes: http://dailydishrecipes.com/spicy-ranch-bacon-avocado-quesadilla-sundaysupper/
[6] MamaMommyMom: http://www.mamamommymom.com/2012/07/pearpancettagoatcheesegrilledpizza.html
[7] The Meltaways: http://www.themeltaways.com/2012/07/22/turkey-meat-sauce-for-sundaysupper/
[8] GirliChef : http://www.girlichef.com/2012/07/lasagna-w-turkey-meat-sauce-sundaysupper.html
[9] Juanita’s Cocina: http://jcocina.com/salsa-chicken-quesadillas-with-cilantro-chimichurri-sundaysupper-with-the-mom-100-cookbook/
[10] Big Bears Wife: http://www.bigbearswife.com/2012/07/individual-grilled-pizzas-sundaysupper.html
[11] Basic n Delicious: http://www.basicndelicious.blogspot.com/2012/07/beans-and-cheese-quesadilla-with-tomato.html
[12] Are you Hungry?: http://blog.areyouhungry.info/2012/07/grill-roasted-honey-ginger-chicken.html
[13] Comfy Cuisine: http://www.patti-comfycuisine.blogspot.com/2012/07/arroz-con-pollo-cuban-style-sundaysupper.html
[14] Magnolia Days: http://magnoliadays.com/2012/sesame-noodles-with-shrimp-and-vegetables-for-sundaysupper/
[15] Doggie at The Dinner Table : http://www.doggieatthedinnertable.blogspot.com/2012/07/fresh-mozzarella-pasta-casserole-for.html
[16] Cooking by the seat of our pants : http://cbsop.com/recipes/arroz-con-pollo-puerto-rican-style/
[17] The Queen’s Notebook: http://www.queensnotebook.com/2012/07/rice-toppings-of-garlic-lemon-rosemary-roast-chicken-sundaysupper/
[18] Meal Planning Magic : http://www.mealplanningmagic.com/2012/07/pizza-quesadillas-recipe-sundaysupper.html
[19] Cupcakes and Kale Chips: http://cupcakesandkalechips.com/2012/07/22/sesame-noodles-for-sundaysupper-with-katieworkman100-glutenfree-version/
[20] Small Wallet Big Appetite: http://www.smallwalletbigappetite.com/2012/07/lasagna-parcels-with-turkey-meat-sauce-sundaysupper.html
[21] Pippi’s in the Kitchen Again : http://pippisinthekitchenagain.wordpress.com/2012/07/22/sundaysupper-grilled-chicken-pita-sandwich/
[22] Momma’s Meals: http://mommasmeals.wordpress.com/2012/07/22/grilled-breakfast-pizza-sauteed-corn-spinach-grilled-pizza-for-sundaysupper/
[23] Mama’s Blissful Bites : http://www.mamasblissfulbites.com/2012/07/22/sundaysupper-sauteed-corn-spinach-bacon-and-scallions/
[24] My Trials in the Kitchen: http://mytrialsinthekitchen.blogspot.com/2012/07/thai-style-sesame-glass-noodle.html
[25] In The Kitchen with KP: http://www.inthekitchenwithkp.com/recipe/caramelized-onion-grilled-flank-steak-quesadillas-sundaysupper
[26] Real Best Recipe: http://realbestrecipe.com/teriyaki-skewers-sundaysupper/
[27] Sue’s Nutrition Buzz: http://www.suesnutritionbuzz.com/2012/07/22/skillet-spinach-corn-with-edamame-cilantro-bacon-bits-sundaysupper/
[28] In the Kitchen with Audrey: http://www.inthekitchenwithaudrey.com/2012/07/pulled-pork-papa-mikes-cole-slaw.html#.UAvxrrSe5Jg
[29] That Skinny Chick Can Bake: http://thatskinnychickcanbake.blogspot.com/
[30] Family Foodie: http://familyfoodie.com/one-pot-arroz-con-pollo-portuguese-style/
[31] Mrs. Mama Hen: http://mrsmamahen.blogspot.com/2012/07/fudgy-one-pot-brownies-with-katie.html
[32] Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks: http://hezzi-dsbooksandcooks.blogspot.com/2012/07/golf-course-cupcake-cake-with-simple.html
[33] Chocolate Moosey: http://www.chocolatemoosey.com/2012/07/22/chocolate-peanut-butter-squares-for-sundaysupper/
[34] What Smells So Good?: http://yummysmells.blogspot.com/2012/07/butterscotch-bacon-apple-cookies-for.html
[35] Wine Everyday: http://wineeveryday.net/2012/07/22/quesadilla-and-grilled-pizzas-are-abundant-for-this-sundaysupper-with-katie-workman-and-mom-100-cookbook/
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