Looking for salad dressing recipe like the one served at Japanese restaurants

[Lyn-CA]

Does anyone have the recipe for the salad dressing used by Japanese restaurants that is sweet, sesame-based and just plain old yummy?

Also, Paul Newman has a bottled Sesame Ginger salad dressing. Does anyone know if this is the same thing?

Thanks.

 

[princess pooh]

I use bottled sesame ginger salad dressing and it's close to what they serve in most Japanese restaurants. I just tried toasted sesame dressing and it's not bad either.

 

[FranP]

GINGER DRESSING
Mitsukoshi Retaurant
Japan Epcot Center

Yield: 2 quarts

2 oz. ginger root (about 1/2 cup)
1 med. onion, cut in quarters
3 cups vegetable oil
1 cup vinegar
1 3/4 cups soy sauce
1 1/2 tablespoons tomato paste
1/4 lemon, juiced
1 clove garlic
1 3/4 cups water

Soak ginger rot in cold water for a few minutes to make it easier to remove outer skin. Remove skin and cut into quarters. Combine all ingredients in a food processor with a steel blade and blend until smooth. (divide ingredients in half and blend each half separately if food processor will not handle entire recipe) Refrigerate.

This came from "Cooking with Mickey, Vol. II" (The most requested recipes from Walt Disney World and Disneyland).

Hope this helps

 

[Imzadi]

I'd love to get a bottled version too. Yum!

 

[RadioNate]

restaurants like Benihana sell their dressing. I've also seen a Soy-Ginger dressing at Costco that is very good.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I buy the Makoto's brand--they are a restaurant here and they marketed the dressing to the stores, so I can have it whenever I want. It is ginger based--but I don't have any on hand to tell you any more.

They also market one of the sauces we use on shrimp. So yummy.

 

[Laurajean1014]

If you have a Shaw's, Stop n Shop or Trader Joes' near you, they sell Tsunami Ginger Dressing. 9.46oz jar is $4.59. This is the exact dressing as in the restaurants.

you can visit their website to see if there is distribution in your area:

www.afcsushi.com

Good luck.

 

[SandraM]

This one is really nice. It can be kept refrigerated for a few days.

2 tablespoons finely chopped shallot
1 inch piece of fresh ginger root (peeled and grated)
1 small garlic clove (peeled and finely chopped)
1 1/2 tablespoons rice vinegar
1 tablespoon tomato ketchup
1 tablespoon water
3 1/2 ozs vegetable oil
3 tablespoons light soy sauce

Whisk the lot together and chill. You could put the mixture in a blender, but I prefer the texture of the finely chopped ingredients.