Here’s a tasty dressing that makes any pile of greens taste infinitely better: try this Ginger Salad Dressing! This sunny vinaigrette pairs rice vinegar, honey and oil with the earthy spiciness of fresh ginger root. Wow does it take a salad over the top! It’s great on just about anything, from salads to roasted vegetables. This one is a straightforward spin on the concept, but you can add soy sauce to bring a more Asian-inspired flair. Here’s how to make it!
Ingredients in ginger dressing
Ginger dressing is an American salad dressing that contains East Asian ingredients like fresh ginger root, rice vinegar, and honey. Often it also contains soy sauce or sesame seeds. This ginger dressing is a straightforward, fresh and zingy vinaigrette that uses white wine vinegar, Dijon mustard, and honey. But there are a few variations with Asian-inspired flavors using soy sauce or sesame oil (see below)! Here’s what you’ll need for this recipe:
Ginger rootRice vinegarDijon mustardHoney or maple syrupOlive oil or neutral oilSalt
Blend it up
This dressing is a blender salad dressing, which often we try to avoid (since we’re lazy and don’t like cleaning our blender). Here’s why to use your blender in this ginger dressing:
It spreads out the ginger flavor. It makes it more integrated into each spoonful than it would be if it were grated and whisked. It makes a smooth texture. Grated ginger makes little clumps in the texture, but blending makes everything creamy and smooth! If you have a standard blender, double it! You’ll need larger quantities to get it to blend. But if you have a small blender or immersion blender, it works with the quantities in the recipe below.
Variations on ginger dressing
This ginger dressing recipe is bright, tangy vinaigrette with Mediterranean style flavors. Want to mix it up? Try these two delicious ginger dressings that add depth and
Sesame Ginger Dressing: This dressing has a creamy tahini base, complemented with soy sauce, rice vinegar and toasted sesame oil to heighten the sesame flavor. Carrot Ginger Dressing: This flavor-packed drizzle features sweet carrot, tangy rice vinegar and savory miso, with a little added tahini for creamy body.
Salads that pair with ginger dressing
This ginger dressing is incredibly versatile, and pairs with salads of all kinds! We created it for use on our Spring Mix Salad. Since then we’ve used it on lots of throw-together salads that use up odds and ends in the fridge. Here are a few salad recipes that pair well:
Add it to a Tossed Salad or Spring Mix SaladTry Spinach Apple SaladMake a Favorite Kale Salad and add grated carrotsAdd it to Pear Salad with Pecans or Sweet Potato SaladTry it with Asparagus Salad with Feta
This recipe is…
Vegetarian, vegan (using maple syrup), plant-based, dairy-free and gluten-free. No reviews
1 ½ tablespoons grated ginger, lightly packed (about 2-inch nub) 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1 tablespoon honey (or maple syrup) ½ cup neutral oil (grapeseed, organic canola, organic vegetable oil or peanut oil) ¼ teaspoon garlic powder ½ teaspoon kosher salt
Sesame Ginger Dressing
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Carrot Ginger Dressing
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