Baby spinach salad with sesame dressing

Baby spinach salad with sesame dressing

This Japanese-style baby spinach salad recipe with a sesame dressing uses daikon, which is a white Asian radish, but red radishes can also be used for an equally mouth-watering side salad.

Baby spinach salad with sesame dressing

  • Serves icon Serves 4
  • Time icon Ready in 20 minutes

This Japanese-style baby spinach salad recipe with a sesame dressing uses daikon, which is a white Asian radish, but red radishes can also be used for an equally mouth-watering side salad.

Nutrition: per serving

Calories
149kcals
Fat
12g (1.7g saturated)
Protein
4.5g
Carbohydrates
5.8g (5.4g sugars)
Salt
0.4g

Ingredients

  • 200g fresh baby spinach, washed
  • 80g daikon (see Tip) or 80g red radishes, finely sliced
  • 1 tbsp sliced pickled ginger
  • 1 lime, quartered, to serve

For the sesame (goma) dressing

  • 1 tbsp caster sugar
  • 1 tbsp sesame seeds, toasted
  • 3 tbsp tahini (sesame seed paste)
  • 1 tbsp ginger juice (the liquid from a pack or jar of pickled ginger)
  • 1 tbsp rice vinegar
  • 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
  • 1 tsp light soy sauce
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Method

  1. Make the dressing. In a small saucepan, heat the sugar with 2-3 tablespoons water over a low heat, until dissolved. Pour into a large bowl, add the remaining dressing ingredients and mix together well.
  2. Add the spinach to the bowl and toss to coat in the dressing. Pile into 4 serving bowls and top with finely sliced daikon or radishes and pickled ginger. Squeeze over the lime wedges to serve.

Nutrition

Nutrition: per serving
Calories
149kcals
Fat
12g (1.7g saturated)
Protein
4.5g
Carbohydrates
5.8g (5.4g sugars)
Salt
0.4g

delicious. tips

  1. Daikon is a white Asian radish, from Asian grocers. Most larger supermarkets stock pickled ginger.

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