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Japanese Slaw – Chargrill Charlie’s Copycat Recipe
This can be a copycat of a Japanese Slaw bought at a charcoal chicken chain known as Chargrill Charlie’s right 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 completely makes it!
This recipe was requested by a reader. I used to be glad to oblige as a result of though I discover the Chargrill Charlie’s chicken so-so, their salads are literally fairly good! The truth is I’ve carried out one other earlier than, a copycat of their well-known Inexperienced Bean Salad with Creamy Avocado Dressing.
So this recipe is a copycat of the Chargrill Charlie’s Japanese Slaw, named as such as a result of the bottom salad is made utilizing finely shredded cabbage and carrots like western Coleslaw however with the addition of seaweed salad and edamame all tossed with a sesame soy dressing.
It’s very good!
This salad is a direct copycat of the Chargrill Charlie’s Japanese Slaw, so the substances are what I spied and tasted, except inexperienced onion which I feel provides a lot wanted freshness.
What goes within the salad
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Japanese seaweed salad – That is sliced strands of a sort of wakame seaweed, wearing a candy sesame dressing. It’s considerably slippery and has a singular texture not like something I can consider in Western delicacies. Today, it’s typically served as a small aspect dish at sushi bars and Japanese eating places, and it’s develop into extraordinarily standard – with good purpose. It’s addictive!! I actually can’t cease consuming it.
It’s bought already dressed at seafood outlets (normally in small black trays, like pictured under), in addition to Asian and Japanese grocery shops. I additionally perceive it is available in frozen packets, although I’ve by no means purchased it (I imagine you should purchase it at Costco?). It has a fridge shelf lifetime of a number of weeks.
For those who’re not a fan of seaweed salad, you’ll be lacking a key ingredient of this Japanese Slaw as a result of the dressing on the seaweed salad really varieties a part of the dressing for this complete salad. So actually, don’t skip it!
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Edamame – Often known as contemporary soy beans. Purchase them frozen, both of their pods or already shelled. Merely put together per the packet (normally a 5 minute boil). It’s fairly frequent nowadays, even bought within the frozen vegetable aisle of enormous grocery shops right here in Australia (Woolies, Coles and many others).
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Cabbage – Each inexperienced and purple, as a result of that’s what Chargrill Charlie’s use!
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Carrot – Once more, as a result of Chargrill Charlie’s makes use of it.
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Inexperienced onion – Chargrill Charlie’s does NOT use this! However I do, as a result of I feel it provides a lot wanted freshness into the salad.
What you want for the Japanese Slaw dressing
And right here’s what you want for the dressing. Japanese Kewpie mayonnaise is the non-compulsory additional contact right here which supplies the dressing an additional creamy ingredient similar to the one utilized by Chargrill Charlie’s.
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Kewpie Japanese Mayonnaise – That is purely non-compulsory so be at liberty to skip it in case you are turned off by the inclusion of mayonnaise within the dressing! We solely use 1 tablespoon, and I’ve included it as a result of I’m fairly certain Chargrill Charlie’s makes use of it to make the dressing only a wee bit creamier.
For those who can’t discover or don’t have Kewpie mayonnaise (however why not?? All people is aware of it’s the very best mayonnaise round!) be at liberty to make use of extraordinary mayonnaise (ideally complete egg) or just skip it.
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Rice vinegar – The acid within the dressing, for brightness.
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Olive oil and sesame oil – Our oils. Sesame for flavour however olive oil as effectively to dilute the power of utilizing sesame alone.
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Sugar – As a result of the Chargrill Charlie’s dressing is distinctly candy. Mine is a bit much less candy than theirs.
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Soy sauce – That is the salt within the dressing.
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Wasabi paste – The Chargrill Charlie’s dressing positively has a definite chunk to it! It’s not spicy, however quite a background heat. You possibly can wasabi paste in tubes at supermarkets and Asian/Japanese grocers. Wasabi is solely non-compulsory, so be at liberty to go away it out.
Simply shake up the dressing in a jar, put every little thing in a bowl and toss.
I personally discover this salad has sufficient substance to it to be a meal. Nicely, let’s be extra truthful: It’s good for a lightweight(-ish) lunch. For dinner, it’s for these days once I’m making an attempt to be “wholesome”.
For a traditional meal, I’d add a aspect of protein to fill it out. Listed here are some on-theme ideas:
Take pleasure in!
Snuffle all you need. There aren’t any crumbs for you!
