Asian Sesame Chicken (or tofu) Salad

This Asian Sesame Dressing is super versatile and makes a delicious cold appetizer dish with either shredded chicken or tofu.

Ingredients:

• 2 stalks green onion, finely chopped
• 4 tablespoons sesame oil
• 2 tablespoons tamari
• 2 tablespoons Shaoxing wine (Chinese cooking wine) or Sherry wine
• 1 tablespoon maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon brown rice vinegar

Mix all the ingredients together. 

For Asian Sesame Chicken Salad, layer cucumbers at the bottom, add Instant Pot shredded chicken, drizzle Asian Sesame Dressing and sprinkle sesame seeds on top. Mix well and serve.

For Asian Sesame Tofu Avocado Salad, layer cucumbers at the bottom, add tofu and avocado on top, pour in Asian Sesame Dressing, garnish with sesame seeds, cilantro and serve.

A Summer Dinner

What are you eating in this heat?

Here is my simple summer dinner - boiled corn, sauted broccoli rabe, cold soba noodles (100% gluten free buckwheat noodles) and no-cook tofu avocado salad.

The beauty of this dinner is I used the same dressing for the soba noodles and tofu salad. I sprinkled sesame seeds and furikake after I tossed in the dressing. Super coolicious!

Here is the recipe for the dressing:

• 3 Tablespoons sesame oil
• 2 Tablespoons tamari
• 1 Tablespoon mirin
• 1 Tablespoon brown rice vinegar
• 1 Tablespoon maple syrup

Avocado and tofu salad

This is my latest obsession.

It does not require any cooking or extensive washing and chopping.

Here are the easy steps -

1. Dry your tofu really well. I recommend using soft, non-GMO tofu, wrapped in a paper or kitchen towel for a few minutes to soak up all the water.
2. Cut up an avocado.
3. Sprinkle sesame seeds.
4. Add cilantro / scallion.
5. Pinch of salt.
6. Dress it with sesame oil and tamari.
7. (Optional) I add a little shiso dressing from Momo dressing to make it even more irresistable. Be creative!