Recreate your favorite restaurant style, tangy, zesty, and slightly sweet Japanese Carrot Ginger Dressing with a handful of ingredients and a blender! In 5 minutes it’s ready to enjoy on all your salads, stir fries, and more!
You may also love this Asian salad dressing, spinach salad dressing or any one of these healthy salad dressing recipes.
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You’re going to love putting this fresh, vibrant, and zesty carrot ginger dressing recipe on everything!
If you’ve ever eaten at a Japanese restaurant you’ll know exactly what dressing I’ve recreated here. Usually served over a small wedge of iceberg lettuce with slivers of chestnuts and carrots at the beginning of the meal, it’s a recognizable taste we all crave once we’ve had it!
Now, we can all make this healthy, sweet, and zesty dressing at home! So simple yet it’s the kind of flavor that leaves you wondering where it’s been all your life.
To whip this up in minutes, all you need are a handful of raw ingredients and a blender.
This incredibly flavorful dressing can be used on anything from meat and veggies, to refreshing salads and stir fries.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- It’s quick and ready in 5 minutes. Just dump ingredients in and blend!
- Super flavorful, fresh, and vibrant. It tastes as amazing as it looks.
- It’s homemade which makes it not only taste better but cost-effective!
- A versatile dressing that can be used on everything!
Ingredients Needed
Taste it before you use it then adjust any ingredients if necessary!
- Baby carrots, raw
- Water
- Soy sauce
- Rice vinegar, white vinegar or apple cider vinegar
- Sesame oil
- Fresh ginger
- Honey or maple syrup
- Onion powder
How to Make Japanese Carrot Ginger Dressing
Whip some up and keep it in the fridge for about a week. Don’t worry, you’ll have gobbled up and probably even made more by then!
Toss in all your ingredients into a high speed blender.
You’ll want to use a good quality blender to get it out as many lumps as you can. A food processor or standard blender will also work but won’t end up as silky smooth.
Process until smooth and enjoy it immediately, or chill it for later.
How to Use Carrot Ginger Dressing
There are some vibrant robust flavors in this dressing which is great on salads but also as a sauce for stir fries, a dip for raw veggies, and a condiment for meat and seafood!
Below are some salads to start with:
- Asian chopped salad
- Massaged kale salad
- Buckwheat stir fry
- A simple tossed salad
I’m sure you’ll find plenty of healthy 30 minute meals to use it on too. Take a look!
Storage Instructions
Keep leftover dressing in a jar with a lid. Refrigerate for up to 1 week and always shake before each use.
FAQs
I wouldn’t recommend it, but we’ve never had it last long enough to try!
Sure you can. Onion powder is more concentrated, so you may need to test the amount of freshly chopped onion you need to get the same flavor.
More Favorite Salad Dressing Recipes
- Raspberry vinaigrette
- Avocado cilantro dressing
- Poppy seed dressing
- Healthy caesar dressing
- Healthy ranch dressing
Browse all my healthy homemade salad dressings.
Carrot Ginger Salad Dressing
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup carrots baby or chopped, raw
- 1/3 cup water
- 3 tbsp soy sauce I used Bragg’s liquid aminos
- 2 tbsp rice vinegar white vinegar or apple cider vinegar
- 4 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 inch piece ginger fresh
- 2 tbsp honey or maple syrup
- 1 tsp onion powder
Instructions
- In a high speed blender or food processor, add carrots, water, soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, ginger, honey and onion powder.
- Process until smooth.
I have commented at least three times since 2016 on this dressing . We still love it .
My son and his family will be coming this weekend for a visit . He asked if my husband would make sushi , as usual . He said make sure that you make that yummy ginger dressing . A great complement to you.
So nice of you to say, so happy everyone loves it! Thank you for the rating!
My husband loves different salad dressings for lunch. Is this a good fit for children’s digestion system as well?
That’s great on the salad dressings! I would assume this is okay for children’s digestion as it has wholesome ingredients.
I have commented on this before , but I just wanted to thank you again for a great tasting dressing . I just made it for tonight to go on some greens. Making coconut curry over jasmine rice .
You are very welcome Robin!
I make this pretty frequently. so very good. Keeps fresh for a few days .
That is so amazing to hear! Glad you enjoyed my recipe, Robin!
I made this dressing last night. It tasted just like the ginger dressings from the Japanese restaurants. I made shrimp and tofu Szechuan and salad. Thank you for the recipe.
Yay! Now I am going to google what is Szechuan.:) Btw, I added the leftovers of the dressing to my split pea soup yesterday and it was great. I just had too much with all the testing and was afraid it would go bad. I can’t let organic ginger go to waste!
Aw thank you for the mention 🙂 I’m so happy I made the cut!
<3 Meghan
I’ve been experimenting a lot lately with new salad dressings– homemade are the only ones I use. I am pinning this one to try– looks right up my alley. Sweet, tangy, fresh!
You would like this one. I know your style. Yeah I do not buy any. Even organic ones. I went to the store tonight and funny enough out of all shelves in the natural/organic aisle the dressing one was the emptiest.
On the rant, hear hear! On the dressing, looks and sounds delicious!
Thank you.:)
I just deleted a bunch of blogs recently, too! Why read something that irritates you? I am so happy with that decision. I have a question about this yummy dressing…are the carrots raw or cooked? thanks and keep up your great work!?
Raw. Great question. I just added that.
I am glad I am not alone. I think the amount of marketing messages we are bombarded with today is more than we can handle so we have to pick and choose what to pay attention to. I became very raw recently. I think it is lack of patience because of kids plus there is so much info out there, I need to read something useful worth my precious time. I can’t stand fake, just can’t even listen to it. I just can’t.