This homemade sesame dressing adds bold flavor to your homemade salads. It requires just four basic ingredients: toasted sesame oil, tamari or soy sauce, lime juice, and a dash of Dijon mustard.
If you have time and energy, add freshly toasted sesame seeds, fresh ginger and garlic. They enhance the flavor, but this dressing is delicious in its plain form.
Make this sesame dressing when you’re craving a green salad side. It’s easy to whip up with basic pantry ingredients, and it’s so much better than store-bought dressings.
I created this dressing recipe to go with a sea kale salad (recipe coming soon), but it goes well with so many other things. Below is a complete list of suggestions for how to make your own salad tonight!
How to serve sesame dressing
This salad dressing is the perfect addition to main dishes with an Asian twist. It’s almost guaranteed to complement your meal if your dish contains flavors like soy sauce, sesame oil, or ginger. Try it with mine Additional vegetable fried rice, Vegetarian Pho, Vegetarian Sushi Bowls, or homemade sushi rolls.
Additional salad ingredients
To round out your meal with a healthy dose of greens and vegetables, improvise a simple salad with any of the following ingredients.
- Avocado
- Sweet pepper
- Broccoli, raw or fried
- Cabbage
- Carrots
- Cherry tomatoes
- cilantro
- cucumber
- Edamame (peeled)
- Green beans
- Green onion
- Leafy greens, including chard, romaine and spring greens
- Seaweeds
- Pea or snow pea
- Thai basil
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Homemade salad dressing makes all the difference, and I think you’ll love them. View mine full collection of salad dressings here.
Please let me know how your sesame dressing turned out in the comments! I love hearing from you and am eager to hear how you serve it.
Sesame dressing
- Author: Cookie and Kate
- Preparation time: 10 minutes
- Total time: 10 minutes
- Output: ½ cup 1x
- category: Salad dressing
- Method: By hand
- Kitchen: East Asian inspired
- Diet: Vegan
This sesame dressing offers a fresh and bright taste to your homemade salad! The recipe is easy to whip together with sesame oil, soy sauce and lime juice. Recipe yields about ½ cup.
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Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds (optional, for texture and flavor)
- ¼ cup toasted sesame oil
- 2 tablespoons Tamari or reduced sodium soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 2 to 3 spoons of finely grated fresh ginger
- 1 garlic clove, crushed or crushed
- ½ teaspoon Dijon mustard
- A pinch of red pepper flakes (optional, for spices)
Instruction
- If using optional sesame seeds, place them in a small skillet over medium-low heat and cook, stirring often, until they begin to turn golden, about two to three minutes. Remove from heat.
- In a measuring cup or small bowl, combine sesame oil, tamari, lime juice, 2 teaspoons ginger, garlic, mustard, extra red pepper flakes, and extra toasted sesame seeds.
- Whisk until the mixture is well combined. Taste, and if the aroma is still not noticeable, add a pinch of salt. If you want a stronger ginger flavor, add an extra teaspoon.
- This dressing can be served immediately, but the flavor will be even better after twenty minutes of rest. Store the dressing, covered, in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
Notes
Make it gluten-free: Be sure to use gluten-free tamari instead of regular soy sauce.
Are you in a hurry? You can simplify this dressing by omitting the sesame seeds, garlic and ginger. You’ll still get a flavorful dressing.
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