NONA'S JAPANESE UME DRESSING

Nona's Japanese Ume Dressing image

This is one of my many Japanese-style salad dressings I created to satisfy my taste. Ume(boshi) is a favored taste addition in many Japanese cooking. It shows up in cakes, cookies, snacks, mochi, salads, beverages, soups, with pork, chicken and fish, and of course dressing. You can find umeboshi in Japanese markets in refrigerated section. Ume is often called plum or pickled plums, however it is much closer to apricots. You can find ume trees in US now. Ume is not tasty fresh and must be either pickled or preserved.

Provided by rinshinomori

Categories Side Dish Sauces and Condiments Recipes Salad Dressing Recipes

Time 15m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

½ cup vegetable oil
¼ cup chopped onion
¼ cup rice vinegar
1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds
1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger root
1 tablespoon umeboshi, minced
1 ½ teaspoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon white sugar, or more to taste
1 teaspoon salt
ground black pepper to taste

Steps:

Place the vegetable oil, onion, rice vinegar, sesame seeds, ginger, umeboshi, lemon juice, sugar, salt, and pepper into a blender. Cover, and puree until smooth, about 30 seconds.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 132.9 calories, Carbohydrate 1.8 g, Fat 14.2 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 0.3 g, SaturatedFat 2.2 g, Sodium 473.4 mg, Sugar 0.8 g