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Miso Salad Baby!

November 18, 2010 - 3 Comments

I made something fabulous a few nights ago.  FABULOUS.  Out of a cabbage. 

Intrigued?

I have heard it said that cabbage is the poor man's physician. That's how good it is for you. We often replace lettuce with cabbage because it packs some serious nutrients. It's perfect for the winter when it's harder to get fresh produce.  Cabbage tends to get a bad rap, like our humble oats, for being bland and boring.  But prepared correctly, it can knock your socks off.  Truly.  Thank you God for cabbage!  Let's eat it!

This is a recipe that I have adapted from 101cookbooks (Heidi Swanson's wonderful food blog).  Heidi is a vegetarian and I am not so I just supplement chicken for tofu in this recipe. If you are unfamiliar with miso, it is a fermented soybean paste (hooked ya with that, didn't I?) that is wonderfully delicious. I get mine at the health food store – it is very inexpensive and a little tub lasts us about six months.

Miso Cabbage Salad

Step One: Chop up an entire head of napa cabbage. I like to do this in semi-big chunks so they are easy to stab with your fork.
Step Two: Mix the following together for the dressing:
  • 2 tablespoons miso
  • 2 tablespoons organic brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup olive oil
  • 1/4 cup rice vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
  • 1 teaspoon mustard
(See Georgia hangin' out in the background?)

Step Four: Put some chicken in! I usually cook up a whole fryer chicken and use about half in this salad and a half in another recipe, but feel free to add as much as you like!  I just season mine with >salt and pepper< when I cook it, as the dressing is very flavorful on its own.

Step Five:  Pour the dressing over the salad and toss to coat.

Step Six:  That's it.  No more steps.  The salad is complete.  I forgot to take a picture of the completed salad because I was too busy taste testing, which lead to me eating about a quarter of the salad, which lead to it looking like a wild animal had ravaged it.  Alas, no pictures were taken.  I have no self control.

Let me know how yours turns out!

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Miso Cabbage Salad

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Prep Time 10 mins
Course Salad

Ingredients
  

Mix the following together for the dressing:

  • 2 tbsp miso
  • 2 tbsp organic brown sugar
  • ⅓ cup olive oil
  • ¼ cup rice vinegar
  • 1 tsp toasted sesame oil1 teaspoon mustard

Instructions
 

  • Chop up an entire head of napa cabbage. I like to do this in semi-big chunks so they are easy to stab with your fork.
  • Mix the ingredients for the dressing.
  • Put some chicken in! I usually cook up a whole fryer chicken and use about half in this salad and a half in another recipe, but feel free to add as much as you like!  I just season mine with >salt and pepper< when I cook it, as the dressing is very flavorful on its own.
  • Pour the dressing over the salad and toss to coat.
  • That's it.  No more steps.  The salad is complete.  I forgot to take a picture of the completed salad because I was too busy taste testing, which lead to me eating about a quarter of the salad, which lead to it looking like a wild animal had ravaged it.  Alas, no pictures were taken.  I have no self control.
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Comments:

  1. Hope

    November 18, 2010 at 4:51 pm

    awesome!! I’m excited! Cause we just bought a bunch of cabbage, and I’m always looking for fun new things to do with vegetables! This will be dinner on Mon night! yay!

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  2. The Mrs.

    November 18, 2010 at 4:54 pm

    Hope, I hope it turns out well! Let me know! Can’t wait till you guys return!

    Reply
  3. Michelle

    October 13, 2018 at 12:37 pm

    Can you tell me which type of mustard you used??? Pretty sure not yellow….lol. dijon? Thank you!!!

    Reply

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