Carrot Ginger Dressing

This Zesty Carrot Ginger Dressing is packed with savory, savory, salty and sweet flavors – perfect for salads and bowls!

Here’s a cool, tangy drizzle for salads and ready meals: Carrot Ginger Vinaigrette! This vibrant sauce is packed with hints of salty, salty, tangy, crunchy and sweet all at the same time. It contains Asian flavors like miso and rice vinegar, it has a twist: Mediterranean tahini gives the vinaigrette a creamy body. Whip up a batch and you’ll love drizzle it over your meals throughout the week.

What’s in Carrot Ginger Dressing?

There are several ways to prepare a carrot ginger dressing: the most popular is to take inspiration from the dressing you often find in American Japanese restaurants over a crisp green salad. This recipe is inspired by the flavors of a vinaigrette of this style, but with a twist: tahini!

Tahini is a Mediterranean sesame paste, but it adds a nice smooth creaminess and sesame flavor. It helps maintain the texture of the carrot-ginger dressing, which can lean on the grainy, fluffy side. The ingredients of this Carrot Ginger Sauce are:

• Ginger
• carrots
• Green Onion
• miso
• Honey
• rice vinegar
• neutral oil such as grape seed, peanut, organic vegetable or organic rapeseed oil
• tahini

All you have to do? Mix these ingredients together into a smooth dressing! It comes out smooth and creamy, with a lovely orange color that makes you want to dip right into the pot.

A quick way to peel ginger

Here’s a quick tip on how to peel the ginger before adding it to this Carrot Ginger Vinaigrette. Instead of using a vegetable peeler, Peel ginger with a spoon! Ginger root is notoriously difficult to peel with a vegetable peeler: the shape is gnarled and the skin is tough and fibrous. But it sounds amazing until you try: but a spoon is the perfect tool for ginger root’s uneven surface.

Learn more about miso

The key ingredient in this Carrot Ginger Vinaigrette, along with carrots and ginger, is miso! What is it and where can it be found? Here’s what you need to know:

• Miso is Japanese fermented soybean paste, rich in nutrients and savory taste. It is known for its intense savory flavor, also known as umami: the fifth taste. Umami is the same flavor that makes meat and cheese so filling.
• Look for miso near Japanese ingredients. There are many different types of miso: and they all taste different.
• White miso or yellow miso are the best here. These are fermented for less time than the darker miso. White miso has a mild, more delicate flavor and less salt, and yellow miso has a mild, slightly sweet flavor.
• Red or dark miso is less than optimal. This variety is fermented longer and has a very strong flavor. It can overpower flavors. If that’s all you can find, you can use it, but start with half the amount.

How to serve carrot ginger vinaigrette

This Carrot Ginger Vinaigrette makes just about anything taste golden! It is a vegan dressing that goes with many dishes. Here are some ideas for serving:

How do you want to serve it? Let us know in the comments below!

storage information

Store this Carrot Ginger Vinaigrette in the refrigerator for up to 10 days. This consistency holds up very well in the fridge: it seems to hold up even better after freezing.

Variants of ginger vinaigrette

This Carrot Ginger Vinaigrette is one of a few other variations on a theme. We bought too much ginger root and then went on a quest to find ways to use it! Here are two more delicious ginger dressings:

• Ginger Dijon Vinaigrette: This vinaigrette-style dressing uses ginger, Dijon, and white wine vinegar for a bright, zesty dressing.
• Sesame Ginger Vinaigrette: This dressing has a creamy tahini base topped off with soy sauce, rice vinegar and toasted sesame oil to boost the sesame flavor.

More carrot recipes

Carrots are packed with nutrients and have a sweet, irresistible flavor. Here are some more Carrot Recipes You will like:

This Carrot Ginger Vinaigrette Recipe is…

Vegetarian, vegan, plant-based, dairy-free and gluten-free.