4-Ingredient Miso Ginger Dressing + Asian Salmon Salad

Sweetgreen Copycat Recipe

So the story goes Mick and I were in Philly, Pennsylvania when we stopped by Sweetgreen for the first time. We had never heard of it, but since our friends know we’re into healthy eating, they figured this restaurant would be a great fit. Let me tell you, great fit was an understatement! Ever since our first trip, we’ve been using Sweetgreen’s menu to inspire pretty much all of our chopped salad creations… like this insanely delicious Miso Ginger Dressing.

The 4 Ingredients in Miso Ginger Dressing:

1. Yellow miso paste
2. Fresh ginger
3. Toasted sesame seeds
4. Rice vinegar

This Salmon Salad Though…

If the dressing is this good… you know the whole salad is going to be freakin delicious! You’re going to be blown away by how much flavor this simple chopped salad packs. You also need to make the potatoes if you want to really kick things up a notch. If you go out of your way a little to make my bite-sized sweet potato fries, I promise you’ll be so happy you did! Between the fluffy sweet potatoes, crisp grape tomatoes, salty nori wrap pieces, juicy salmon, and the homemade miso ginger dressing – this is going to be one of the healthiest, flavor-packed creations you’ve made in your life 😉

Chopped salads are the easiest lunch!

The best part? You get so many yummy flavors in here and it only takes a few minutes! I mean really, what’s easier than a chopped salad? If you make the salmon and potatoes the night before (like I did), all you need to do is chop everything up and make the 4-ingredient dressing. Heck yeah for simple lunches and purposeful leftovers saving the day. It’s no surprise that chopped salads have become my go-to lunch!

4-Ingredient Miso Ginger Dressing + Asian Salmon Salad

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Serves: 1 Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cooking Time: 20 Minutes

Ingredients

• Yellow miso paste
• Fresh ginger (skin removed)
• Rice vinegar
• Sesame seeds, optional
• Wild-caught salmon
• Bite-sized sweet potato fries, optional
• Nori wrap pieces, optional
• Grape tomatoes, sliced in half
• Chopped lettuce
• Avocado, cubed

Instructions

1. Cook your salmon: You can grill it, poach it, bake it, or pan-sear it. I baked mine in the oven in a baking dish filled with an inch or so of water at 350 degrees until it was cooked through.
2. Combine your dressing ingredients: Toast your sesame seeds, if using, then add them to a small dish with a few tablespoons of miso paste. Grate in plenty of fresh ginger, then add enough rice wine vinegar to thin the dressing. Whisk the ingredients together, then taste it. Add more of any ingredient until it suits your taste.
3. In a big bowl, add all of your ingredients including the homemade dressing. Toss the salad well to make sure the dressing is evenly incorporated. Then dig in!

Have any other recipes you want me to recreate? Let me know in the comments below!