Garden Salad with Miso Ginger Dressing

Name: Garden Salad with Miso Ginger Dressing
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 4 to 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: For the salad:; 1 (12 ounce) bag of mixed salad greens of choice; Optional:; 1 small carrot, julienned, if you like; cherry tomatoes; sliced cucumber; For the dressing:; 2 Tablespoons minced ginger; 1 medium carrot, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch pieces; 1/2 a medium onion, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch pieces; 2 Tablespoons Japanese miso or light colored Korean dwenjang; 1 Tablespoon soy sauce; 2 teaspoons lemon zest; 1/4 cup lemon juice; 1 Tablespoons distilled white vinegar; 2-2.5 Tablespoons sugar; 2-3 Tablespoons water; 1/4 cup vegetable oil; optional 3 Tablespoons mayo if you like a creamier dressing

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My twist on the ubiquitous, mildly mysterious, always delicious Japanese restaurant orange salad dressing. :)

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My twist on the ubiquitous, mildly mysterious, always delicious Japanese restaurant orange salad dressing. :)

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Ingredients

20 minutes

4 to 6 servings

For the salad:
1 (12 ounce)bag of mixed salad greens of choice
Optional:
1small carrot, julienned, if you like
cherry tomatoes
sliced cucumber
For the dressing:
2 Tablespoonsminced ginger
1medium carrot, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch pieces
1/2a medium onion, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch pieces
2 TablespoonsJapanese miso or light colored Korean dwenjang
1 Tablespoonsoy sauce
2 teaspoonslemon zest
1/4 cuplemon juice
1 Tablespoonsdistilled white vinegar
2-2.5 Tablespoonssugar
2-3 Tablespoonswater
1/4 cupvegetable oil
optional 3 Tablespoons mayo if you like a creamier dressing

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Steps

20 minutes

1

Put all dressing ingredients in a blender, start off on a low setting for the first 10 seconds or so to prevent splatter, then turn to puree setting and blend until there are no remaining chunks of ginger, carrot or onion. Adjust seasoning if needed and whiz for another 20 seconds or so to make sure the seasoning is evenly distributed.
2

Arrange salad veg on serving dish and drizzle with dressing or serve dressing on the side. Enjoy! :)