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Shredded cabbage and kale, shrimp, avocado, cilantro and chili-flavored peanuts, and the right candy miso dressing.
This can be a model new recipe that’s a part of our Spring 2023 SOS Collection – in different phrases, EASY recipes! View our full collection of SOS recipes here.
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Lindsay’s Notes
Cabbage, kale, shrimp, cilantro, peanuts, and creamy candy miso dressing… I may eat this on daily basis for lunch and be proud of my life. (And by may, I imply I at present am.)
We had been really planning to publish this later within the SOS Collection, however I couldn’t wait to get this into your arms as a result of I’m so obsessive about it. So right here she is, making an early entrance! This salad is so excellent for these early days of spring / summer time when it’s beginning to heat up and the grass is popping inexperienced once more and the physique is simply feeling aggressively prepared for salads.
So many of those salad components are simple to purchase pre-made / pre-ready to eat (I get loads of them at Dealer Joe’s):
- pre-shredded cabbage
- pre-chopped kale
- cooked shrimp
- chili onion peanuts
And this miso dressing might be blitzed up in about two minutes. It’s creamy, candy, springy, delicate, and simply very life-giving. Just a bit little bit of garlic, however not overpowering, and the punch from the lime is probably the most scrumptious little jolt of wake-me-up power that you really want in a salad.
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Description
This Miso Crunch Salad is made for springtime! Main crunch for veggies like cabbage and kale, a tiny chunk of warmth from chili-flavored peanuts, chilled shrimp, and the right candy miso dressing.
Miso Dressing:
Miso Crunch Salad:
- Shake all dressing components in a jar, or mix collectively in a small food processor (affiliate hyperlink) till clean. If it’s on the thicker aspect, add a little bit of water till it pours easily off the top of a spoon.
- Toss all salad components with dressing! You are able to do this as a big batch (serves 4-6) or prep the weather and retailer them individually to make the salads separately for particular person lunches and dinners all through the week, which is what I often do! Crunchy, candy, delicate, and recent!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Class: Salad
- Technique: Chop
- Delicacies: Asian-Impressed
Key phrases: miso salad, shrimp salad, salad recipe
What Is Miso?
Miso is a fermented soybean paste that’s utilized in Japanese cooking.
You should buy a number of forms of miso – yellow, crimson, and white are the three I’m most aware of. The one I’m utilizing right here and the one I’d advocate is white miso, which may be very delicate and nearly candy. It has a extra delicate and nuanced taste, which is so excellent on this salad.
I often discover it within the produce part of the grocery retailer, close to the tofu!
What To Use As a substitute Of Miso?
Tahini might be an excellent substitute! It’s equally creamy, but it surely’s much less salty, so should you do use tahini (in equal proportions to the miso), I’d advocate seasoning the dressing with additional salt or perhaps a shot of soy sauce.
Different Protein Choices?
Rotisserie hen is nice on this salad! I’ve achieved it many occasions.
Can It Be Vegan / Vegetarian?
Edamame is a superb veg protein that I like throwing into this salad!
Any Different Veggies?
I’ve loved spinach (rather than the kale), and finely chopped broccoli, cucumber, and bell pepper.
Making This Nut-Free?
You could possibly use sunflower seeds (that’s what the Churchill Avenue miso crunch salad makes use of!) or wonton strips as an alternative of the nuts!
How To Hold Leftovers?
The salad is finest throughout the first 15-Half-hour after tossing it collectively! The greens and cabbage will begin to lose a few of their crunch after they sit within the dressing for some time. So should you’re serving it to a bunch, simply toss it up, serve it recent, and have everyone eat as a lot as potential. 🙂
Then again, should you’re consuming this one serving at a time, it really works rather well to prep all the pieces (dressing, shrimp, peanuts, cilantro, and greens) and have these components within the fridge so you possibly can throw this collectively as particular person lunch parts all through the week.
Make It Even Simpler?
I can verify that that is scrumptious with only a store-bought Asian-style dressing that’s pumped up with some additional salt, additional sugar, and perhaps even a spoonful of white miso. Type of a hybrid do-it-yourself miso dressing, ya know? I made it the hybrid means for an Easter get-together and everybody raved about it!
Supply Notes
This salad is a cousin to the avocado shrimp salad from years in the past! The 2023 model – the one you see right here – is extra like a slaw, which I’m completely loving! And the dressing skips the ginger.
I noticed a Miso Crunch Salad on the menu at a restaurant close to us referred to as Churchill Avenue, and I needed to copy it, which is the place this concept got here from!
