{"id":110423,"title":"Chinese Dressing, Restaurant-Style, Ready in 5 Minutes!","modified":"2025-10-29T17:02:22+01:00","plain":"This Chinese dressing, ready in 5 minutes, is simple, tangy, and so delicious! Made with sesame oil, rice vinegar, honey, and soy sauce, it\u2019s excellent on any kind of salad and will remind you of your favorite Chinese restaurant.\n\n\n\nA good dressing is really what brings a salad to life.\n\n\n\nMaking dressing from scratch may feel like extra work, but it only takes 5 minutes and tastes so much better than the store-bought kind\u2026 trust me.\n\n\n\nTangy rice vinegar, sweet honey, savory soy sauce, and a hint of sesame oil come together in this recipe to give your salad that unmistakable Chinese restaurant flavor.\n\n\n\nDip cold soba noodles into the dressing\u2014pure delight\n\n\n\nThis Chinese sesame dressing is delicious on salads, and it\u2019s also great tossed with soba noodles, which are a perfect match for this dressing.\n\n\n\nIt\u2019s made with simple pantry staples, comes together in minutes, and keeps well in the fridge for about 2 weeks if you skip fresh add-ins like garlic. If you include fresh garlic, use within 7 days.\n\n\n\nIngredients for the Chinese dressing\n\n\n\nNeutral oil: such as sunflower oil\n\n\n\nA beautiful Chinese salad dressed with this\n\n\n\nRice vinegar: an Asian vinegar that\u2019s easy to find these days. I highly recommend keeping it on hand.\n\n\n\nSesame oil: the biggest flavor-driver in this dressing. If you use toasted sesame oil, start with 1 teaspoon, taste, and add more if you like. If it\u2019s regular sesame oil, feel free to be more generous.\n\n\n\nHoney: a bit of sweetness to tame the tang of the vinegar. Brown sugar also works in a pinch.\n\n\n\nLight soy sauce: adds a savory touch to the dressing.\n\n\n\nGarlic (optional): adds another layer of flavor.\n\n\n\nPossible variations\n\n\n\n\nPeanut butter: For a creamier, thicker version, add peanut butter or another nut butter. Start with 1 to 2 tablespoons and add water as needed if it\u2019s too thick.\n\n\n\nA bit of ginger: add fresh or ground ginger for more flavor. Start with 1\/2 teaspoon ground ginger or 1 teaspoon freshly grated.\n\n\n\nLime: add a splash of fresh lime juice for a citrusy lift.\n\n\n\nSriracha sauce: spice up the dressing with 1\/2 to 1 teaspoon sriracha.\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\tRestaurant-Style Chinese Vinaigrette (Ready in 5 Minutes)\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t32 g neutral cooking oil60 ml rice vinegar1.5 tablespoons honey3 tablespoons sesame oil1.5 teaspoons light soy sauce1 pinch of salt\t\n\t\n\t\tWhisk all ingredients together until well combined.\t\n\t\n\t\tStores well in the fridge for about 2 weeks if you don't use fresh add-ins like garlic. If using fresh ingredients, keep for up to 7 days.\n\t\n\t\n\t\tVinaigretteChinoise","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110423"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110526,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110423\/revisions\/110526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}