This Asian Sesame Dressing is one of my all time most-used salad dressings, because it keeps for weeks and itโs so easy to make โย just soy sauce, sesame oil, olive oil, vinegar and sugar.
Use this Asian dressing for leafy green salads, Asian slaws, noodle salads and chopped salads. Itโs also a terrific dressing to make steamed vegetables so much tastier. Finish with a sprinkle of fresh sesame seeds and sliced greens onions!
Instant Asian Sesame Dressing
This Asian Sesame Dressing is one of eight ready-to-use salad dressing recipes that I shared in this post: Ready To Use Salad Dressings. Iโve been wanting to share a bunch of long shelf life salad dressings for ages and was so glad to finally have an excuse to!
This Asian Sesame Dressing is fantastic. It was originally off the back of a packet that Iโve adapted slightly to my taste. The reason itโs one of my most used dressings is because it literally takes 30 seconds to make โ grab a few bottles, eye ball the measurements, shake and youโre done.
No need to mince garlic, grate ginger of chop fresh herbs. This Sesame Dressing is simple and itโs perfect just as it is.ย However, you can of course doll it up as you wish! Itโs a fantastic base recipe. ๐
I literally use this dressing for all things Asian and Asian-esque.ย But one of my favourite ways to use this dressing is with shredded cabbage and carrots. So an Asian slaw, if you will. ๐ Especially if you grab a bag of pre shredded cabbage, as I did for these photos (I used a Crunchy Slaw pre cut mix from David Jones, I โค๏ธthe DJโs Food Hall!!).
The other thing I use it for is sashimi salads. Leafy greens, cherry tomatoes and some store bought fresh sashimi, topped with crunchy fried shallots and this dressing. Itโs a 1 minute dinner assembly!
Because thisย Asian Sesame Dressing doesnโt use any fresh ingredients that go off, it has a very long shelf life. I keep it for 3 weeks. I like to keep it in the fridge, just to be safe (and also because I keep my soy sauce refrigerated, and this has soy sauce in it).
SUCH a fantastic standby dressing! Nagi xx
PS Pictured below is an Asian Slaw made using the David Jones Crunchy Slaw mix (green and red cabbage, carrots), a sprinkle of store bought fried shallots, tossed with this Asian Sesame Dressing.
PPS In the recipe below, Iโve shared a big batch (1 cup) to make and keep, and single batch too (i.e. enough for one side salad for 3-4 people).
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Asian Sesame Dressing
Ingredients
Big batch to keep (makes 1 cup)
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 2 tbsp toasted sesame oil
- 1/4 cup white vinegar (adjust to taste for sharpness)
- 1/4 cup olive oil (Note 1)
- 1 tbsp sugar (any type) or 1 1/2 tbsp honey
Single serving batch
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tsp toasted sesame oil
- 1 tbsp white vinegar
- 1 tbsp olive oil (Note 1)
- 1 tsp sugar (any type) or 1 1/2 tsp honey
Instructions
- Place ingredients in a jar and shake well until sugar is dissolved. Adjust saltiness with salt and sweetness with sugar to taste.
- Keep for up to 3 weeks, in the fridge (to be safe). Bring to room temp and shake well before use.
- Single serving batch is enough for 3 โ 4 cups of shredded cabbage / leafy greens i.e. a side salad for 4 people.
- Big batch โ my rule of thumb for how much dressing to use is generally 1 tbsp of dressing per 1 packed cup of shredded vegetables and 2 tsp per handful of leafy greens.
Recipe Notes:
Nutrition Information:
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Donโt miss all the other Ready To Use Dressings I shared! These all last for 2+ weeks, most for 3 weeks.Find them all here.
I was looking for an all around savory sauce to put on just about anything. This looked simple and had all the flavors I love. Well, I love it. I made a roasted chicken, broccoli and farro dish and poured it over it on the plate. My wife took one bite and said wow that sauce is good! Great recipe. I canโt wait to make it again and play with the flavors. Thank you.
Another awesome recipe โ quick and simple and delicious on some superfood coleslaw I bought from the supermarket โ sprinkled it with black and white sesame seeds. Certainly elevated that packet coleslaw from boring to yummy. Thanks Nagi ๐
This was really good! I only had regular sesame oil, not toasted but it has a great flavor. I probably used more of it than the recipe said, I measure sesame oil with my heart. LOL Also used brown sugar and rice wine vinegar. Itโs a keeper!
This is soooo good. I mixed up a batch with rice vinegar and grapeseed oil (the only things I varied from your recipe); and, served it over butter lettuce topped with cottage cheese and a cubed fresh peach (because itโs Summer here ). Perfect.
I used this dressing over some pak choy that Iโd wilted in a hot wok. It was SO good!! It would go perfectly over other steamed veggies too.
This is so good, itโs exactly what Iโve been looking for. And itโs so easy!
This recipe is DELICIOUS!!
A very popular dressing at our place. Super easy to make and perfect to have on a simple green salad
Very Good โ I used rice wine vinegar instead of white, but then needed more sweetener, so I added bourbon maple syrup I had in the fridge. Great as written, but next time I think I will add a little ginger & garlic and add some hot sesame oil as well for a little kick โ Thank you!
Fantastic recipe, simple and flavorful. I used it to marinade baby green lettuces then stuffed them to make Vietnamese Spring Rolls.
Would you suggest an alternative to sesame oil ( due to allergy) for this and other Asian recipes please?
Made this to serve over steamed broccoli. Was absolutely delicious. Next time, Iโll put a little less soy sauce.
1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder and 3/4 teasp00n of guar gum make a dressing which has more body and sticks to the salad better.
What sort of white vinegar in the Asian dressing please?!
Thanks
I made this for lunch today to dress a romaine salad to accompany potstickers. So easy, so delicious. Iโm trying the maple vinaigrette next!
Anything with salt sugar and fat will taste excellent because itโs how weโre wired. Is it possible to replace the sugar? Like with honey?
It does say in the recipe that you can replace the sugar with honey.
Excellent dressing. Had it as a dressing/marinade on some air-fried zucchini cubes last night.One of the many things I like about your recipes is that when you say โ3 minโ it really is 3 min! Tomorrow I will put it on my first harvest of home-grown kale. Thank you, and thanks to your mom.
I love this .. but Iโm having a very special lunch and want a really impressive complex dressing for a soba salmon salad main course with lots of fresh crunchy tastes. Iโm pretty sure of all the ingredients I love, ginger, chilli, lime, etc but could you give quantities or recommend a really special recipe?
Yummy yummy ๐ This is the best dressing ever and love that you gave us single serving directions too. Canโt wait for your cookbook. Thanks much
I made this but had to use regular sesame (Toasted is ordered). Iโm making some with slaw tomorrow. I may portion some out and add a dash of ginger to it for that.
12 days I get your book and Iโm so excited. I am retiring from corporate finance end of April and I canโt wait to cook every night. I ordered the Kindle but I think Iโm going to also get a hard copy. I think I โneedโ to examine it for Christmas presents! ; )
Thatโs what I keep telling myself!
PERFECT! I did add 2 light shakes of powdered ginger, but it really was perfect beforehand; just my personal taste to add a smidge of ginger. Thank you for this recipe!