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    Asian Ginger Dressing with Napa Cabbage

    Published: Jul 1, 2020 · Modified: Oct 24, 2022 by Helene Dsouza

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    Helene Dsouza
    Bright flavored coleslaw to serve as a cold side dish with East Asian main course meals.
    Total Time: 10 minutes
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    3 servings
    5 from 1 vote
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    serving of napa cabbage with ginger dressing
    Ginger dressing in a bottle
    asian napa cabbage slaw

    A bright intense ginger dressing served over napa cabbage.

    This is an Asian-inspired vinaigrette coleslaw side dish recipe, which you can serve with most East Asian main course meals.

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    • 💡 Dressing ingredients
    • 🔪 How to make it?
    • 📜 Variations
    • 🥣 Serving suggestions
    • 📖 Recipe

    💡 Dressing ingredients

    The homemade dressing is a straightforward, Asian flavored vinaigrette style salad topping.

    The recipe was inspired by my Japanese cabbage slaw salad, just that this napa slaw is more complexly flavored.

    The ingredients will remind you of east Asian meals.

    Ginger

    The dressing is prepared with freshly chopped ginger root. It has to be fresh ginger, dried ginger won't bring it.

    Nothing screams more Asian than ginger!

    Rice Vinegar

    Rice vinegar is an Asian vinegar variety. It's soft and not strongly flavored, making it a perfect choice for salads.

    You may use other vinegar but mix it with a small quantity of water if the vinegar is too strongly flavored.

    Soy Sauce

    I use the most common soy sauce in the world, regular Kikkoman or the healthy boy brand soy sauce.

    Both are a thin soy sauce variation.

    Sesame Oil

    Not every sesame oil tastes the same!

    There are different variations such as toasted sesame oil.

    Just use one that you enjoy.

    ginger flavored dressing with peanut oil in a bottle

    Canola Oil

    I think canola oil is great for salads! It's not that heavy and it blends well with the other ingredients in this recipe.

    As a substitute, you may use sunflower oil too or any other salad oil of your choice.

    Brown Sugar

    Sugar helps to balance the flavors in the dressing. It's necessary so that all the Asian flavors come out.

    I use brown sugar because it tastes better in my opinion but you are free to use any regular white sugar too.

    🔪 How to make it?

    To prepare this refreshing bright sesame ginger dressing with cabbage is rather easy. I have outlined the steps.

    The complete recipe with all the ingredients and step details to print out is located at the bottom of this post.

    Step 1

    Prepare your cabbage. Rinse and discard wilted leaves.

    Chop cabbage into bite-sized pieces and keep it in a mixing bowl at the side.

    chop napa cabbage

    Step 2

    Peel and chop ginger.

    Prepare the dressing. Combine all ingredients in a salad shaker, small bottle or in a bowl.

    Step 3

    Pour salad dressing over cabbage and garnish.

    Serve cold as a side dish.

    ginger dressing with chinese cabbage in a bowl

    📜 Variations

    This recipe can be enhanced by adding any of the following ingredients to the dressing or salad.

    Pep up your dressing by adding:

    • chopped fresh garlic
    • dash of peanut oil
    • carrot puree (hibachi copycat) or pumpkin puree or mango pulp
    • dash of a hot sauce such as sriracha, tabasco, franks hot sauce or mango habanero hot sauce or any other of your choice

    Add the following salad ingredients shredded or cut into two:

    • carrot
    • cocktail or cherry tomato
    • cucumber

    More garnish ideas:

    • bonito flakes
    • crushed nori seaweeds
    • spring onion greens chopped

    🥣 Serving suggestions

    Serve your Asian napa cabbage salad with east Asian main course meals.

    I like it with Chinese noodles such as chicken chow mein or a fried rice dish, as in hibachi fried rice.

    Japanese meals such as teriyaki chicken, miso soup (as a light meal), or sushi work great with this salad too.

    Thai, Vietnamese and other east Asian foods can be served with this salad too.

    The Asian salad dressing can be served without the cabbage too with seafood such as with raw oysters and smoked salmon or tuna.

    Another idea is to switch the ginger dressing with a Japanese Wafu dressing.

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    serving of napa cabbage with ginger dressing

    Asian Ginger Dressing with Napa Cabbage Recipe

    Bright flavored coleslaw to serve as a cold side dish with East Asian main course meals.
    5 from 1 vote
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    Course: Salad
    Cuisine: Asian
    asian ginger dressing, napa cabbage slaw
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Total Time: 10 minutes
    Servings: 3 servings
    Calories: 203kcal
    Recipe by: Helene Dsouza

    Ingredients

    • ½ Napa Cabbage small head

    For the Dressing

    • 1½ Tablespoon Ginger fresh chopped
    • 3 Tablespoon Rice Vinegar
    • 1 Tablespoon Soy Sauce *See Notes
    • 1 Teaspoon Brown Sugar or regular white sugar
    • 1 Tablespoon Sesame Oil *See Notes
    • 3 Tablespoon Canola Oil *See Notes

    To Garnish

    • Chili Flakes
    • Sesame Seeds black or white

    Instructions

    • Rinse and discard wiltet napa cabbage leaves. Chop napa cabbage leaves to desired size and keep in a bowl aside.
    • To prepare the dressing add the vinegar, soy sauce, sugar to a container and combine.
    • Now add the sesame oil and canola oil to the dressing and blend to a dressing,
    • Pour dressing into a bottle to user up later or pour directly over prepared cabbage salad in a serving bowl.
    • Garnish with chili flakes and sesame. Serve up cooled.

    Notes

    1. Use all-purpose Kikkoman style soy sauce.
    2. Use toasted or regular sesame oil
    3. Use Canola oil or sunflower or other salad oil
    4. The garnish is optional
    5. The dressing can be stored over a longer period in a bottle. I totally recommend that you do that because the dressing gets well infused with ginger flavors.

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Asian Ginger Dressing with Napa Cabbage Recipe
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 203 Calories from Fat 171
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 19g29%
    Saturated Fat 2g10%
    Sodium 192mg8%
    Potassium 372mg11%
    Carbohydrates 7g2%
    Fiber 2g8%
    Sugar 4g4%
    Protein 2g4%
    Vitamin A 477IU10%
    Vitamin C 41mg50%
    Calcium 116mg12%
    Iron 1mg6%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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