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Pressed Salad with Japanese Dressing

Posted on August 7, 2011. Filed under: Side Dishes |

This is a nice chopped salad that doesn’t get soggy when refrigerated.  It’s great with the Japanese dressing (like a steakhouse dressing).  Here’s what you need:

Salad:

• 1 head Napa cabbage
• 1 small red onion
• 2 carrots
• 1/2 green apple
• 1 cucumber
• 1 small daikon radish
• 2 stalks celery
• 1 1/2 tsp salt

Dressing:

• 1/2 cup oil
• 1/3 cup rice vinegar
• 2 tsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• 2 tbs ketchup
• 4 tsp soy sauce
• 2 tsp lemon juice
• 1/2 tsp garlic
• 1/4 cup onion, chopped
• 2 tbs celery, chopped

Chop all the salad ingredients (I grate everything using a food processor).  You can also thinly slice the cucumber and radish.  Here’s the vegetables I used.

Sprinkle the salad with the salt and toss.  Place into a bowl and place a plate and weight on top.  I use a press.

Let it sit for several hours then drain in a colander or cheese cloth.  There should be quite a bit of water that drains out.

For the dressing blend all the ingredients.  Here is the finished dressing and salad.

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