This savory and delicious Ginger Miso Dressing uses just 6 simple ingredients and is ready in 5 minutes. The combination of miso, tahini and vinegar plus fresh ginger and garlic makes for a super tasty, oil-free dressing or sauce. It’s easy to whisk together and perfect for salads, slaws, marinades or drizzling on your favorite stir fry or buddha bowls.
Having a back pocket dressing recipe in your healthy eating tool box is a must. When you know you can pull together this creamy ginger miso dressing in just 5-minutes, you’re more apt to find making salad and using up what’s in the crisper drawer less intimidating. If you’re making stir fry veggies with teriyaki sauce, you’ll want a simple green salad on the side…and miso ginger i
Why I love it
- Tastes like the ginger dressing in Asian restaurants, but with wholesome ingredients.
- Budget friendly
- No special equipment required…if you don’t have a whisk, use a fork to blend.
- A burst of umami flavor in every bite…so satisfying.
- Use it as a salad dressing or a dipping sauce.
- So good, I could legit drink it!
Ingredients and Substitutions
- Ginger: Fresh ginger, grated is the way to go here. The ginger is essential to this recipe.
- Miso: Any type of miso will work well in this recipe. If you don’t eat soy, you can find miso paste made from chickpeas or rice.
- Tahini: look for a brand made with just sesame seeds. Be sure to thoroughly mix your jar when you first open it for a uniform, drippy consistency.
- Vinegar: Unsweetened rice vinegar works best in this recipe. Substitute with white wine vinegar.
- Maple Syrup: Just a bit balances the tangy flavors.
- Garlic: Fresh garlic adds more depth of flavor. If you don’t eat garlic, just skip it.
How to make Creamy Ginger Dressing
Measure out miso, rice vinegar, tahini and maple syrup into a liquid measuring cup or a bowl or mason jar. Peel ginger. It’s easiest to scoop it off with a spoon. I use a grapefruit spoon and it’s even easier!
Grate ginger over the cup, using a microplane or use the fine side of a box grater.
Remove papery skin from garlic and then grate right into the cup with other ingredients.
Whisk together until miso is thoroughly incorporated. It will be thick and pasty.
Whisk in 2 tablespoons water until smooth. This is my preferred consistency, and can be used as a miso dressing or sauce. You can add an additional tablespoon water if desired.
Pour onto your favorite mixed green salad and enjoy!
Debra’s Pro Tips
- There’s no oil in this dressing, but the tahini provides plenty of healthy fat and a wonderful creaminess enhancing even a simple green salad.
- Make sure your tahini jar is thoroughly mixed and of a drippy consistency.
- No need to dirty a high speed blender or even immersion blender when you can easily whisk this together in minutes.
- Add even more ginger or vinegar for even more tang!
- If you prefer a spicy miso dressing, add a squirt of sriracha or your favorite hot sauce.
Storage and Usage
- Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
- Ginger Miso dressing will stay good in the fridge for 2 weeks or the freezer for up to 3 months.
- Use: as a dressing, sauce, marinade or dip. Drizzle over roasted or stir fried veggies, buddha bowls or grain bowls.
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📖 Recipe
5-Minute Ginger Miso Dressing with Tahini
Ingredients
- ¼ cup light miso
- ¼ cup unseasoned rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoon tahini
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
- 2 cloves garlic grated
- 2 tablespoon water
Instructions
- Measure miso, vinegar, tahini and maple syrup into a bowl or pyrex measuring cup.
- Use a microplane to grate ginger and garlic into the bowl with other ingredients.
- Whisk together until uniform in texture.
- Add water and mix until smooth and creamy.
Notes
Nutrition
Note
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