Looking to pair one of your favorite Asian dishes with a simple Asian salad? We’ve got you covered with this colorful Asian salad recipe dressed with a yummy Asian salad dressing.
This particular Asian Salad is our version of a flavorful side salad that you can serve next to any kind of Asian dish. It’s packed with hearty vegetables,
This kale salad is pretty much like a rainbow (minus the blue…because I can’t think of any blue veggies). It starts off with a big grass bowl of massaged kale salad. And then is topped with crunchy raw veggies, seeds, and an Asian vinaigrette. If you’ve never massaged kale before, don’t you worry! We have a super simple tutorial on how to do so HERE. And, you don’t want to skip this part! Raw kale is pretty hard to digest and massaging it with a little bit of olive oil really does the trick! Here’s what you need for this Asian salad:
INGREDIENTS
kale
purple cabbage
carrot
red pepper
cilantro
onion
sesame seeds
ASIAN SALAD DRESSING
Once you’ve got all of your crunchies in place, it’s time to make that Asian dressing. We’ve found a super simple trick to really bring out the flavor in a vinaigrette dressing and it’s to saute your garlic in the olive oil so that the oil really infuses with flavor. We did this same trick with our balsamic dressing and it’s to die for. Then, from there, you can add the rest of the ingredients together. Here’s what you need:
olive oil
sesame oil
minced garlic
salt
soy sauce
maple syrup
red pepper flakes
dijon mustard
Feel free to double or triple this Asian salad dressing recipe! It should stay good in your fridge all week.
INSTRUCTIONS
Start off by making your Asian Salad Dressing.
Prepare Asian salad by placing kale into a large mixing bowl. Drizzle with 1 teaspoon of olive oil.
Massage the olive oil into the kale with your hands for 2-3 minutes or until kale is soft and broken down.
Add the rest of the kale salad ingredients to the bowl and mix.
Pour entire Asian salad dressing recipe over the salad and toss salad until all ingredients are combined enjoy .
