Delish Food's Made Simple: Lacking Asian, Asian Vinaigrette

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Lacking Asian, Asian Vinaigrette

Yesterday Nick DeBaca graced our home with his presence and he had a request for me to add an Asian Vinaigrette Dressing recipe to the blog inspired by a salad from Zin Burger, so as he and Ben went off to the Batcave I began searching online for the actual ingredients from Zin Burger's menu, this is what I found:

Chinese Chicken – $10

Chopped Greens, Orange Segments, Red Peppers,

Wonton Chips & Asian Vinaigrette

So then I began google searching for "best Asian vinaigrette dressing" and man oh man there are soo many versions of this dressing, and they are loaded in sodium :( So I searched "light asian vinaigrette" and only found one.. at the end of this post I have the links to a few that I found so you may all take a gander and pick one to your liking.

I have not cooked anything asian inspired other then fried rice and orange chicken, but that was about 2 years ago before Ben and I decided to be healthy freaks so naturally I dont really have anything that this dressing takes in my fridge or cabinets such as any oils what so ever, or rice vinegar. So I used what I have and its so dang tasty! Even Ben said "Man, this is real good!" the man's belly is happy so I am HAPPY. Here is my version :)

2 tablespoons of White Balsamic Vinegar

1 tablespoon of Soy Sauce, I didn't have light so I used the regular

about a nickel of a size of honey

a pinch of ground ginger since I didn't have fresh

a pinch of chili powder

juice of half a lemon

that's it!