Japanese Seaweed Salad

[Fosgate]

I like this and goes down easy by itself or if your having seafood for a main.

Ingredients

50g of dried seaweed (see procedure 1)
1 tbsp awase miso
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp mirin
1 tbsp white roasted sesame seeds
1 tbsp sesame oil
1 tsp rice vinegar
1 tsp yuzu juice
1 red chilli, finely sliced (may want to skip this if your not up to any spice whatsover)
pinch of sea salt

How To Prepare

1. First of all, let’s get this seaweed re-hydrated. You can use a ready assembled sea vegetable salad, or use a combination of wakame and hijiki seaweed. To bring these sea plants back to the moist side, simply place in a bowl of water for twenty minutes.
2. Whilst the seaweeds soaking, prepare the dressing. This is as easy as combining the miso, soy sauce, mirin, sesame seeds, sesame oil, rice vinegar, yuzu, chilli and salt in a bowl and stirring with a whisk. The mixture should have a medium density and a delightful aroma.
3. Return to the seaweed, drain. Place in a bowl and pour over the dressing. Stir, add a smattering of additional sesame seeds on top and chill before serving.

Tips and Information

For a protein hit, add some silken tofu, sushi grade fish or even cooked and chilled shrimp.

 

[dianeseattle]

Yum! I have most of these in my pantry, but my seaweed is in dry black sheets (for sushi wrapping). Where do you get green seaweed?

 

[KarenWV]

Yum! I have most of these in my pantry, but my seaweed is in dry black sheets (for sushi wrapping). Where do you get green seaweed?

You make your own sushi? Wow!

 

[Fosgate]

You can buy it already cut into strips at walmart (clicky)

To rehydrate, soak dried wakame strips in a bowl of warm water for a few minutes, then transfer to an ice bath. Drain well, and squeeze to remove any excess water before cutting the strips to a size of your preference. (Alternatively, you can also blanch wakame for a few seconds in boiling water, before soaking in ice water, to bring out its electric-green color.)
https://www.masterclass.com/classes/niki-nakayama-teaches-modern-japanese-cooking


Hijiki Seaweed Amazon.com : Welpac Hijiki Dried Seaweed : Dried Seaweed And Nori : Grocery & Gourmet Food

 

[dianeseattle]

You make your own sushi? Wow!

Oh, it's unbelievably easy, but I did buy a sushi press at Uwajimya, Seattle's huge Asian groc/dept store. They have EVERYTHING there! The hard part is not making too much. I do prefer sashimi, though, and they go down to the pier several times a day for fresh seafood. I don't like cooked fish at all.

 

[Fosgate]

Agreed, I'm not a fish fan. Though the wife and I just had Walleye smeared with Thai Lemongrass paste and it was delish. Light fish like that with Lemongrass and or a tough of Unagi sauce is the way to go. Sushi is bomb and once you have the ingredients, tools like a simple sushi roll bamboo mat wrapped in saran wrap, good sharp thin blade knife to cut with and a good sushi rice recipe, the rest is cake. I like to have a little sushi, seaweed salad and a couple pieces of lotus root. Nice to order online a few soft shell crab to go with.