Japanese Seaweed Salad with Sesame & Miso Dressing

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Chef :

Julie - Mrs. Lin's Kitchen

Japanese Seaweed Salad with Sesame & Miso Dressing

Japanese seaweed salad with sesame and miso dressing is a quick and very refreshing recipe which is perfect to eat during the hot summer weather. I will share with you two different ways to prepare this salad. One with Japanese mustard greens (mizuna); and one with cucumber, red leaf lettuce and tomato.

Ingredient

1/2 cup

dried seaweed mix

2 tbsp

olive oil

2 tbsp

freshly squeezed lemon juice

4 tsp

cane sugar

2 tsp

sesame oil

2 tsp

miso paste, white or red

1 tsp

soy sauce, gluten-free option: tamari sauce, gluten-free soy sauce

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Seaweed is the most important ingredient in this recipe. You can find these seaweed mix packages from Japanese supermarkets like Nijiya, Marukai, or Mitsuwa. They are also available online. Different brands have their own mixes of seaweeds and you can try and see which one is your favorite.

* Step 2

Here are the individual seaweed that comes in the seaweed mix I used in this recipe (from left to right): White Wood Ear Mushroom/Snow Fungus (shirokikurage), Wakame, Kelp (kombu), Agar agar (kanten), and Carrageen Moss (tsunomata)

* Step 3

In a bowl, soak ½ cup of dried seaweed mix in water for about 5 to 10 minutes. After that, you will need to squeeze out all the excess water.

* Step 4

Cut mizuna into about an inch in length. Do the same for red leaf lettuce if you use it instead of mizuna.

* Step 5

Peel of the skin and julienne cucumber. Cut tomato into 1/8.

* Step 6

In a clean bowl, add olive oil, lemon juice, sugar, sesame oil, miso paste and soy sauce. Mix everything together. Make sure there are no miso paste lumps and sugar is completely dissolve. If you prefer a saltier taste, add more miso paste or soy sauce. For a gluten-free dressing, use tamari sauce or gluten-free soy sauce.

* Step 7

Mizuna Salad: In a salad serving bowl, add a bed of mizuna. Put some seaweed mix on top. Drizzle some sesame and miso dressing. Sprinkle some roasted sesame seeds on the top.

* Step 8

Lettuce Salad: In a shallow bowl, mix cucumber slices with rehydrated seaweed. Add a few spoonfuls of salad dressing and mix them all together. Let them sit for a couple of minutes. Add a bed of lettuce in a salad serving bowl. Add the seaweed and cucumber mixture that you just made. Place a few wedges of tomato. Sprinkle some roasted sesame seeds on the top.