Creamy Asian Peanut Salad Dressing Recipe (Dairy-Free)

Most peanut butter based dressings have Thai influences, but this Asian peanut salad dressing uses popular Japanese ingredients. It boasts mirin, rice vinegar, and sesame oil as lighter, well-rounded, and complementary flavors to the heartier influence of peanut butter. Overall, it’s a delicious savory and lightly sweet blend with delicious depth. You can serve it over greens or rice bowls, or keep it thick and enjoy as a dip with red bell peppers, broccoli, and other any day vegetables.

Special Diet Notes: Asian Peanut Salad Dressing

By ingredients, this recipe is dairy-free / non-dairy, egg-free, optionally gluten-free, tree nut-free, vegan, and vegetarian.

For peanut-free dressing, you can substitute sunflower seed butter for the peanut butter. Cashew or almond butter are also good substitutes if tree nuts are okay.
For soy-free Asian peanut salad dressing, you can use coconut aminos in place of the soy sauce. No other changes need to be made.

Dairy-Free Asian Peanut Salad Dressing

Prep time

5 mins

Total time

5 mins

This flavorful, creamy dressing is fantastic on all types of salads, and can even hold its own on heartier greens, like kale and cabbage.

Author: Alisa Fleming

Recipe type: Sauce

Cuisine: Japanese

Serves: about ⅞ cup

Ingredients

¼ cup sweet rice wine (mirin)
¼ cup peanut butter, or to taste
2 tablespoons soy sauce or gluten-free tamari
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
2 teaspoons brown sugar or sucanat
2 teaspoons fresh minced ginger
1 teaspoon sesame oil
¼ teaspoon sea salt
⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)
Lite canned coconut milk or unsweetened plain dairy-free milk beverage, as needed

Instructions

Add the rice wine, peanut butter, soy sauce or tamari, vinegar, sugar, ginger, sesame oil, salt, and cayenne (if using) to your blender. Blend until smooth.
Blend in the coconut milk or milk beverage 1 tablespoon at a time, until it reaches your desired consistency.

Nutrition Information

Serving size: 2 tablespoon Calories: 85 Fat: 5.4g Saturated fat: 1.1g Carbohydrates: 7.4g Sugar: 4.1g Sodium: 442mg Fiber: .7g Protein: 2.7g