Carrot-ginger miso dressing
10 min · 1 g protein · 35 cals / serving
The bright orange dressing from Japanese steakhouses: sweet carrot and sharp fresh ginger blitzed with white miso, rice vinegar and a little toasted sesame oil into a thick, tangy, savoury purée. Spoon it over an iceberg and cabbage salad, cold soba noodles, or a salmon or chicken rice bowl.
Ingredients
- 3 medium carrots, peeled and roughly chopped
- 1 tbsp ginger, peeled and roughly chopped
- 1/4 small onion, roughly chopped
- 2 tbsp miso, white (shiro) miso
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar, unseasoned
- 1 1/2 tsp honey
- 1 tsp sesame oil, toasted
- 1 1/2 tsp canola oil
- 3 1/2 tbsp water
Steps
- Blitz the carrot, ginger and onion in a blender or food processor until finely chopped.
- Add the miso, vinegar, honey, both oils and the water and blend for a full minute, scraping down once, until thick and only slightly grainy. Add a spoonful more water if you want it pourable.
- Taste: it should be tangy and savoury with a ginger bite. Add a little more vinegar or honey to balance. Rest it 15 minutes in the fridge before using, so the flavours settle.
Good to know
How long does it keep?
A week in a jar in the fridge. It thickens as it sits; stir in a splash of water.
Which miso?
White (shiro) miso is mild and sweet and lets the carrot show. Red miso is saltier and stronger; use half as much.
What else is it good on?
Grilled chicken or tofu, a bowl of steamed broccoli and edamame, or as a dip for cucumber and snap peas.
Per
- Calories
- 74
- Protein
- (8%)
- 1 g
- Fat
- (40%)
- 3 g
- Carbohydrates
- (51%)
- 10 g
- of which sugar
- 5 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 279 mg
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Computed from the ingredients with our published formula, not yet kitchen-tested. How
As written, 346 kcal goes into the pot and 469 g of ingredients comes out as about 470 g of food: 74 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water and energy density is the score's biggest lever, so the dish is scored as cooked, not as an average of its parts. Every ingredient links to its food page, with the same data and score. The label's percentages are each macronutrient's share of the calories. The full formula.