15 popular Japanese salad recipes from refreshing carrot-ginger dressing to spinach salad in sesame sauce that you can enjoy year round!

Wafu Dressing is an easy vinaigrette you can whip up in less than a minute. With the perfect balance of flavour from soy sauce, rice wine vinegar and sugar, this Japanese salad dressing will bring effortless flavour to raw salads, vegetables and grilled meats.

This is a copycat of a Japanese Slaw sold at a charcoal chicken chain called Chargrill Charlie's here in Sydney. This slaw-like salad has a Japanese spin with a scattering of edamame, sesame-dressed wakame seaweed salad and a creamy soy dressing. The seaweed totally makes it!Serve it as a side or as a meal with a simple piece of Asian Glazed Salmon or Honey Garlic Chicken Breast.

A simple side salad with super fine cabbage and a creamy, salty, tangy dressing that you will love.

My delicious Asian Cabbage Salad with a simple 3-ingredient miso dressing is ready in a snap. Crunchy and refreshing, it‘s super easy to put together in just 20 minutes! This light but satisfying salad is the perfect make-ahead dish for your next dinner or potluck get-together.

This is an easy salad to make, great for making sure you get your daily intake of veggies, and it tastes delicious.

Shredded cabbage salad is the perfect companion for fried foods such as tonkatsu, and in this recipe, I'm sharing all the techniques you need to make this Japanese salad like the best katsu restaurants in Japan.

Sweet, tangy, creamy, and chunky, this Japanese potato salad comes with thinly sliced pickled cucumber to add some zing and a lovely crunch.

A classic, home-cooked side dish for more than 100 years, Japanese Potato Salad is distinct for its colorful addition of fresh vegetables, creamy texture, and rounded flavor. It‘s the ultimate crowd-pleaser!

Japanese Cucumber Salad - A light and refreshing side dish that's easy to make! Fresh cucumbers sliced and marinated with Japanese sauces and flavors!

Level up your side dish game with my mom's Japanese potato salad recipe. It features a delightful combination of creamy spuds in a rich, tangy dressing with a delicious mix of crunchy cucumbers, sweet carrots, and savory ham.

This smooth and creamy Japanese style potato salad is packed with crunchy carrots, refreshing cucumber and crispy bacon then seasoned with Japanese condiments to make it the ultimate crowd-pleaser! It's perfect for parties, sides or bento boxes!

Japanese potato salad is much lighter, and the addition of rice vinegar adds just enough brightness to balance out the Japanese Kewpie mayo.

Serves 6 | Preparation time 30 minutes Cooking time 40 minutes Recipe and Article by Kanako Koizumi Potato Salad is a universal food that is made in many different flavors and styles around the world. You might wonder, who would need a recipe for it? Well, in my cooking classes, there is a question that

This is a light and refreshing recipe for Japanese Coleslaw that's also very quick and easy to make. Less than 5 minutes from start to finish!

Blanched spinach dressed in a savory nutty sesame sauce, this Japanese Spinach Salad with Sesame Dressing (Gomaae) is a healthy veggie side dish that goes well with everything.

This Japanese Glass Noodle Salad (Harusame Salad) recipe is light, refreshing, low calorie, and so flavorful with a savory and tangy sesame soy vinaigrette.

This Japanese style mashed potato salad is a delicious twist on the classic, made rich and flavorful with Kewpie mayonnaise and fluffy Russet potatoes. These two ingredients are key to achieving the authentic taste and texture, but don’t worry if you don't have them on hand – you can easily swap Kewpie mayo for regular mayo mixed with a bit of sugar and rice vinegar, and use Yukon Golds for a creamier consistency.This recipe has slightly more dressing than what you might find in a traditional Japanese restaurant but I like the extra richness myself. You can cut back on the dressing if desired.

Instant ramen is used as a crouton type in this shredded cabbage salad recipe, and the sesame dressing is enhanced by contents of the ramen seasoning packet.

Tossed in a creamy, tangy, and sweet dressing, Japanese Macaroni Salad is the perfect side dish to make for your next BBQ cookout or potluck party. Get your salad fork ready and dig in!