Carrot Ginger Dressing

I’m pretty sure I’ve said this before in our egg fried rice recipe, but I need to say it again.  I LOVE teppanyaki restaurants.  Yes, I’ll admit that they are gimmicky, looking at you onion volcano/choo choo train, but the food really just brings me back to my childhood.  You see, growing up we only went to our local teppanyaki restaurant for special occasions, whether it was for a birthday, graduation, or someone was visiting from out of town. And because of this, I have always associated that type of food with good memories.  That’s why I would like to share with you fine folks a recipe for one of my favorite teppanyaki flavors, tasty carrot ginger dressing.

 Now if you’ve never had the pleasure of eating a fresh salad with carrot ginger dressing, then it’s time to right that wrong. Trust me when I say that you are going to love this salad dressing.  Its ingredients are fresh, it’s flavors are well balanced, and best of all it is one of the healthiest salad dressings one can make.  So if any of that sounds enticing to you, then let’s move on and make this salad dressing!

Carrot Ginger Dressing Recipe

Prep time: 5 minutes

Cook time: none

Servings: about a cup

Ingredients

1 Large carrot (peeled & cut into chunks)

2 Small shallots (peeled)

A thumb tip sized piece of ginger (peeled and cut into small chunks)

¼ Cup of seasoned rice vinegar

2 Tablespoons of vegetable oil

½ Teaspoon of sesame oil

1 Tablespoon of granulated sugar

¼ Teaspoon of salt

2 to 3 Teaspoons of water

Instructions

1. Prep all of the ingredients and have them ready to go

2. Blend it: Get out either a blender, or a food processor, and add all of the ingredients into it.  Then either blend or process all of the ingredients until it is smooth and has no visible chunks.  This should take no longer than 5 minutes

3. Let it sit:  While the dressing is technically ready to be used at this point, I have found that it is best if you let it sit in your fridge anywhere from 2 to 24 hours. Doing this allows the flavors of the dressing to become more balanced.

4. Serve & enjoy

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Carrot Ginger Dressing Recipe

Total Time5 minutes mins

Servings: 1 Cup

Ingredients

• 1 Large carrot peeled & cut into chunks
• 2 Small shallots peeled
• A thumb tip sized piece of ginger peeled and cut into small chunks
• ¼ Cup of seasoned rice vinegar
• 2 Tablespoons of vegetable oil
• ½ Teaspoon of sesame oil
• 1 Tablespoon of granulated sugar
• ¼ Teaspoon of salt
• 2 to 3 Teaspoons of water

Instructions

• Prep all of the ingredients and have them ready to go
• Blend it: Get out either a blender, or a food processor, and add all of the ingredients into it. Then either blend or process all of the ingredients until it is smooth and has no visible chunks. This should take no longer than 5 minutes
• Let it sit: While the dressing is technically ready to be used at this point, I have found that it is best if you let it sit in your fridge anywhere from 2 to 24 hours. Doing this allows the flavors of the dressing to become more balanced.

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