Hibachi Ginger Salad Dressing (Japanese Salad Dressing) is a sweet tangy dressing prepared with simple pantry ingredients in 15 minutes. Use it over your favorite salads or as a dipping sauce (vegan).
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About Hibachi Salad Dressing
Hibachi Salad Dressing (Japanese Salad Dressing) is a vegan dressing that is sweet, tangy, and super flavorful.
This dressing is served at most Japanese restaurants with their salads.
Making this Japanese steakhouse-like dressing is super easy at home and you can be sure of what is going on in it. You can use the best ingredients to make it and homemade dressing is also free of chemicals and artificial colors and preservatives.
Pour the Hibachi ginger dressing over a simple salad and serve it for a Hibachi-style meal with Hibachi fried rice and Hibachi chicken. Absolutely yum!
Ingredients
Red Onions – Red onions add a nice pungent flavor to the dressing. If they’re not available, then use any onion (yellow or white) available in your pantry.
Ginger – Fresh ginger is the star ingredient and adds a great flavor. Use freshly grated ginger for the best taste.
Extra Virgin Olive Oil – Use good quality extra virgin olive oil. You can replace extra virgin olive oil with avocado oil, grapeseed oil, avocado oil, light olive oil, or peanut oil.
Rice Vinegar – It gives the dressing a mild sweet flavor. You can replace it with white wine vinegar, white vinegar, or lime juice.
Dark Soy Sauce and Ketchup – A staple in hibachi cooking, dark soy sauce add an umami taste to the dressing. On the other hand, ketchup adds a sweet tangy flavor.
Sugar – Balances the salty and tangy flavor of the dressing.
Lime Juice – Use only freshly squeezed lime juice for the refreshing tangy flavor.
Others – You will also need celery, salt, black pepper, and water.
How To Make Hibachi Salad Dressing
Place
- ½ cup roughly chopped red onions
- 3 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
- 1 clove of garlic, chopped
- 2 stalks of celery, roughly chopped
- ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
- ¼ cup rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoon dark soy sauce
- 3 teaspoon ketchup
- 2 teaspoon granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoon freshly squeezed lime juice
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
to a small food processor or a blender.
Process until mostly smooth.
Add water, 1 tablespoon at a time until you have reached the desired consistency.
Refrigerate the dressing for at least 30 minutes before serving.
Serving Suggestions
Add it to your refreshing salads.
Add to fried rice, noodles, or grilled chicken or fish recipes.
Use it to make buddha bowls.
Storage Suggestions
Store the leftover dressing in an air-tight container for 4-5 days. Make sure to shake well before every use.
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Hibachi Ginger Salad Dressing Recipe (Japanese Style Salad Dressing)
Ingredients
- ½ cup roughly chopped red onions
- 3 tablespoons ginger (freshly grated)
- 1 clove chopped garlic
- 2 stalks celery (roughly chopped)
- ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
- ¼ cup rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce
- 3 teaspoons ketchup
- 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lime juice
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- water (as required)
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients to a small food processor or a blender.
- Process until mostly smooth.
- Add water, 1 tablespoon at a time until you have reached the desired consistency.
- Refrigerate the dressing for at least 30 minutes before serving.
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