Name: Japanese Daikon Salad with Sesame Dressing
Prep time: 7 min
Total time: 7 min
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 1/3 Daikon (400g); 1 pack Sprouts (50g); Shredded Nori for topping; 2 Tbsp Ground sesame seeds; 2 Tbsp Mayonnaise; 1 Tbsp Sugar; 1 Tbsp Vinegar; 2 tsp Soy sauce; 1 tsp Sesame oil

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This is a super simple daikon salad served with creamy sesame dressing. If you are looking for an easy and quick daikon recipe, why don't you try this Japanese flavor salad?

Daikon is a versatile vegetable that you can simmer, boil, pan-fry or grill, etc. But I think the most simple and popular way is a salad.

If you bite a raw daikon stick, it's so crunchy and tasty because it contains plenty of water.

And, creamy sesame dressing makes the daikon salad even more delicious. The dressing, which has a nice sesame flavor and is slightly sweetened, goes really well with plain radish.

This recipe is for you if:

You love Japanese daikon.
You want to make a dikon salad.
You want to make a dressing that goes well with daikon salad.

If you haven't cooked daikon before, don't worry, this is a super easy recipe. Let me show you how to make it!

About this recipe

Japanese daikon radish recipe
Homemade sesame dressing
Easy, quick salad recipe

Japanese Daikon

If you buy a whole daikon, please use the upper part for salad.

Daikon's taste varies depending on which part you use: Upper part is sweet, Lower part is peppery.

You can use both sides, but the upper part is more suitable for eating raw like salad.

If you are not familiar with cooking daikon, check this recipe: Japanese Daikon Radish 5 Recipes. In this recipe, we go over what daikon tastes like, how to cook it, how to pick a good one, and how to store it, etc.

📋 Ingredients

Here are the ingredients (amounts are in the recipe card below).

Daikon
Sprouts
Shredded nori (topping)
Sesame dressing: Ground sesame seeds, mayonnaise, sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil

I pick sprouts as it's easy to mix with shredded daikon but you can also use green vegetables such as lettuce, baby leaf, mizuna, shiso instead of sprouts.

You can substitute ground sesame seeds with tahini. If you don't like mayonnaise, you can use yogurt instead. You can also use honey instead of sugar.

🔪Instructions

Let's make the salad! You can also watch this video.

Cut ingredients: Peel daikon and shred it, and remove the root of sprouts. (Daikon skin is hard, so it is better to peel it when making a salad. You can make a nice stir-fry dish with daikon skin, so please don't throw them away.)
Sesame dressing: Put all the dressing ingredients in a small bottle, close it and mix by shaking. (It's handy to use a bottle when making the dressing. If you have some leftover, close it and keep it in the fridge.)
Serve: Toss daikon and sprouts together in a large bowl, serve it on a plate, top with shredded nori, and pour the sesame dressing over.

Here you go! That looks fresh and delicious!

If you pour the dressing on the salad and leave it for a while, the vegetables' water will come out, so please pour it on just before eating.

Cook Daikon 5 Recipes

Watch this video and learn how to cook daikon in 5 different ways.

Winter is the delicious season for Daikon. Buy one whole and enjoy various recipes. Please refer to this article "Japanese Daikon Radish Recipes" as well.

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