Easy Wakame Salad
Wakame
Recipe by Michelle Jaelin, RD
You can make an easy, delicious, nutritious wakame salad at home, just like you might find in a sushi restaurant. Wakame is a type of kelp packed with iodine, manganese, magnesium, and calcium. Julienned carrots, cucumbers, and edamame not only add texture and color to this salad, but a boost of nutrition.
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 0 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Makes 4 servings
Ingredients
Wakame Salad:
2 cups dried wakame
4 cups hot water
1 cup julienned carrot
1 cup julienned cucumber
1 cup shelled edamame, frozen and thawed
Wakame Dressing:
1/4 cup rice vinegar
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 teaspoons sesame oil
2 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
2 tablespoons white sesame seeds
Instructions
To make wakame salad: In a large bowl, soak dried wakame in hot water for 10 minutes until rehydrated. Once fully rehydrated, drain, rinse, and pat wakame dry with a paper towel or clean dish cloth. Chop wakame into small pieces. In a medium bowl, add wakame, carrots, cucumber, and edamame, and set aside.
To make wakame dressing: In a small bowl, whisk together vinegar, sugar, sesame oil, soy sauce, and sesame seeds.
Pour dressing over wakame salad and toss together. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour before serving.
Notes
Serve with brown rice and your choice of protein, such as tofu or salmon poke, for a meal.
Nutritional information
(per serving):
112 calories, 5 g fat, 1 g saturated fat, 633 mg sodium, 6 g carbohydrates, 0 mg cholesterol, 9 g total sugar, 12 g fiber, 3 g protein
Recipe Author
Michelle Jaelin, RD, is a Canadian media registered dietitian and nutrition communications expert who specializes in producing content on healthy Asian food and recipes and decolonizing wellness on their blog and social media @michellejaelin.
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