Skinnymixer’s Japanese Sesame Salad Dressing features in the Basics of the cookbook SkinnyAsia 2.

Creamy, nutty and full of savoury sesame flavour, this is a brilliant little dressing to keep in the fridge.

Use it over a simple salad, as a dip for crunchy vegetables or tossed through wilted spinach.

What You Will Need

For the complete quantities, see the recipe in SkinnyAsia 2.

brown sugar
Creamy Japanese Mayonnaise
mirin
rice wine vinegar
roasted sesame oil
soy sauce
toasted white sesame seeds

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Toasted Sesame Seeds

The sesame seeds are the star here, so make sure they’re toasted before making the dressing.

If you’ve bought raw sesame seeds, lightly toast them in a dry frying pan until fragrant, keeping a close eye on them as they can burn quickly.

Allow them to cool completely before blending.

Don’t Blend the Sesame Too Fine

We’re not trying to turn the sesame seeds into a completely smooth paste.

Briefly milling or blending them releases their nutty flavour while leaving some texture in the finished dressing.

Japanese Mayo

We use Kewpie Japanese mayonnaise or the Creamy Japanese Mayo from SkinnyAsia 2.

Japanese mayo has a rich, creamy flavour that works beautifully with sesame, soy and rice wine vinegar.

If substituting another mayonnaise, the final flavour may be slightly different but it will still make a delicious dressing.

More Ways to Use It

Don’t save this one just for lettuce!

Try it:

Drizzled over a simple side salad
As a dip for cucumber and carrot sticks
Tossed through wilted, well-drained spinach
Over steamed or blanched vegetables
With shredded cabbage
Drizzled over a rice bowl

Storage

Store refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks when made with store-bought mayonnaise, or up to 5 days with homemade mayonnaise.

Give the dressing a good stir or shake before serving.

Dietary & Recipe Variations

LOW CARB
Use compliant sweetener and replace the mirin as specified in SkinnyAsia 2.

SUPER SKINNY
Use lower-fat Japanese mayonnaise.

PALEO
Replace the rice wine vinegar and mirin using the substitutions in the book.

LOW FODMAP
Use a compliant Japanese-style or whole egg mayonnaise.

HALVED / DOUBLED
This recipe can easily be halved or doubled.

Get the Recipe

The complete Japanese Sesame Salad Dressing, including Thermo cooker and conventional methods, is available in SkinnyAsia 2.

From the Testing Team

Linda B. – I wasn’t sure if I liked this when I first tasted it (may have been the texture) but, as the flavours of the ingredients presented themselves, I’m hooked!
Veronica B. – Very tasty yum!!
Angie G. – Love this salad dressing !! Yumm The flavours deepen upon being in the fridge. Needs a good stir before using
Kaz M. – Kids licked their plates clean! They said it was almost as good as taytah’s Lebanese salad dressing!
Angie G. – This dressing smells and tastes amazing. Its creamy, nutty, tangy & scrumptious and just about drinkable yum yum I toasted the white sesame seeds in a pan, let them cool down before milling.
Val W. – I just made this for our salad tonight before we go to a Board Games and Pizza night at church. I’ll make enough salad for our lunch on the way to Hobart tomorrow. We won’t be testing for the next week as we’ll be on grandchildren duty for the first week of the school holidays. I have to admit to using my finger to get the last bits out of the thermie bowl as this dressing is so scrumptious!

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Want to know more about SkinnyAsia 2 cookbook?

SkinnyAsia 2 is a collection of Thermomix & Conventional cooking recipes. All of our cookbooks have a strong focus on Dairy-free, Gluten-free, Nut-free, Egg Free, Low Carb, Paleo, Vegetarian and Low FODMAP.