Shrimp Avocado Asparagus Salad is all the ingredients mixed with Wasabi Mayo dressing. This Japanese deli style salad is good as a side dish for your sandwich or Onigiri lunch. It is very nutritious, rich, and tasty, and a little spiciness from Wasabi is appetizing for a lot of people.
Onion Dressing (オニオンドレッシング) is a salad dressing made with grated brown onion, Soy Sauce, and rice vinegar. This dressing is full of onion flavor, but not as harsh as you may think. It is not only good on regular salad, but it’s also great with grilled meat and seafood.
Moyashi Ohitashi is bean sprout salad with mustard dressing and sesame seeds. It is a refreshing nice small side dish, and it goes well with any kind of Japanese meals, traditional or more western styles.
Gobo Salad is a popular side dish that is often in bento boxes or an item in the deli case at stores. It is a healthy and tasty dish you want to add to your meals sometimes.
Mizuna Salad is a salad using Mizuna greens which have been cultivated in Japan from ancient times. Here Mizuna is mixed with grilled Aburaage (Usuage) fried Tofu and a Japanese mustard dressing.
Salad Chicken is lightly seasoned, boiled or steamed chicken breast that has become a popular dish in Japan for people who are health-conscious and on certain diets. This protein-packed, low calorie chicken can be added to not only salads but also various other dishes.
Wasabi Dressing is a Soy Sauce-based salad dressing with a kick of Wasabi flavor. It can add an instant Japanese flavor just by drizzling over your ordinary salad or vegetable dishes. Most of us outside Japan don’t have access to fresh Wasabi root, and are likely to use Wasabi paste in a tube, or a powder form that is simply mixed with water to make a paste. These are both perfectly fine here. The amount of Wasabi for the dressing is up to your taste. Some brands are spicier than others, so adjust how much to use to your taste. We have often used the dressing with salad greens, deep fried lotus roots and Kabocha squash, but also boiled or grilled vegetables would do well. Wasabi Dressing is so easy to make, it only takes a matter of minutes and brings a dish in a new direction.
Harusame Salad is a salad with dried bean (or potato) threads called Harusame and vegetables. This cold and smooth textured noodle dish is a great side dish any time, but especially good during hot summer days. The dressing is flavored with sesame oil and it tastes like a Chinese style salad.
Macaroni Salad is macaroni mixed with vegetables and mayonnaise, very similar to American macaroni salad. Because Japanese mayo has a very different flavor from mayo in the US, Japanese Macaroni Salad tastes quite different, just like Japanese Potato Salad. It is a very good side dish for Yoshoku (western style dishes) such as Hamburger Steaks and Menchi Katsu.
Cucumber with Sesame Seeds is such a simple salad but a great small side dish. It takes literally no time to make it. The only tip here is to pound cucumbers with a pestle or a rolling pin to break them apart instead of cutting with a knife. Having a rough surface on the cucumbers makes seasonings adhere well.