Japanese Cabbage Salad
This Japanese cabbage salad is inspired by a Japanese BBQ restaurant I went to recently. Their salad dressing had a thousand island/ketchup taste to it which I really liked. So I'm replicating that today!
Ingredients
- ½ small head green cabbage
- 2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds
- ¼ cup Japanese mayonnaise (I'm using Kewpie)
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon ketchup
- 2 teaspoons rice vinegar
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon sugar
Instructions
- Use a mandolin or sharp knife to cut the cabbage into very thin slices. On my mandolin, I set it to the lowest setting of 1/32 inch.
- Crush the sesame seeds into a fine powder in a mortar and pestle. You could also use a spice grinder.
- In a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise, toasted sesame oil, ketchup, rice vinegar, salt, sugar, and crushed sesame seeds.
- Start by mixing half the sauce with the cabbage. Taste it and if you like it saucier then add the rest. My wife is pretty picky so I usually just add half the sauce and then add more to my own portions.