Hibachi Ginger Salad Dressing (Japanese Style Salad Dressing)

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
• Ingredients
• How To Make Hibachi Salad Dressing
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Serving Suggestions
• Storage Suggestions
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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!

This Hibachi ginger salad dressing recipe is vegan and can be easily doubled or tripled.

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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 of this recipe 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, sesame 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, rice wine vinegar, lemon juice, or lime juice.

Dark Soy Sauce and Ketchup – A staple in hibachi cooking, dark soy sauce adds 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. You can replace it with honey (not vegan), agave nectar, or maple syrup.

Lime Juice – Use only freshly squeezed lime juice for the refreshing tangy flavor.

Others – You will also need celery, salt, freshly cracked black pepper, and water.

You can also add some miso paste to this dressing for a taste change.

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 white sugar
• 2 teaspoon freshly squeezed lime juice
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon freshly cracked 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

Serving Suggestions

This dressing is served at Hibachi restaurants along with their Hibachi Vegetables, Hibachi Chicken, Yum Yum Sauce, Hibachi Noodles, and Hibachi fried Rice.

You can use it as a salad dressing and add it to any of your favorite salads.

Add to fried rice, noodles, or grilled chicken or fish recipes.

Use it to make Buddha bowls.

It can also be used as a marinade for grilled meats, a dipping sauce for dumplings or spring rolls, or drizzled over steamed vegetables for added flavor.

Storage Suggestions

Store the leftover dressing in an airtight container for 4-5 days. Make sure to shake well before every use.

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