A fellow foodie sent the recipe for this Sesame Wafu Dressing from Shu Han Lee’s instagram account a while back. I “banked” the recipe immediately as I thought the dressing looked delicious and would work in a number of different ways. (Shu Han Lee is the writer of the cookbook titled, “Chicken and Rice – Fresh and Easy Southeast Asian Recipes from a London Kitchen”.)
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The Sesame Wafu Dressing consists of equal measures mayo, rice vinegar and sesame paste or tahini with the addition of soy sauce, brown sugar, and fresh ginger. It makes a great salad dressing for something like a coleslaw (like the original recipe I saw), or added to noodles, drizzled over a batch of crispy baked potatoes or as a sauce to put on burgers.
For this post, I roasted pieces of butternut and served it at room temperature with thinly sliced red onion, pumpkin seeds and torn fresh parsley. The sesame wafu dressing drizzled on top adds a great level of flavour. The dish makes for a delicious late autumnal light meal or as a side dish to a simple roast chicken.
There will be dressing left over and it can be stored in the fridge for up to 10 days. I used the leftover dressing to marinate chicken pieces for a few hours, then roasted the chicken pieces until the juices run clear. So so good. Make sure you scoop the sauce in the pan too!
I hope you enjoy this recipe for Roasted Butternut with Sesame Wafu Dressing. If you’ve made the recipe share it with me by tagging @heinstirred on Instagram or Facebook with the hashtag #heinstirred
Roasted Butternut with Sesame Wafu Dressing
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp mayo
- 3 tbsp tahini
- 3 tbsp rice vinegar
- 2 tsp soya sauce
- 2 tsp brown sugar
- 2 tsp freshly grated ginger
- ½ tsp chili flakes optional
Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients
- Serve over roasted veggies, fried chicken, on a burger, or as a dressing for a salad, coleslaw, bake potatoes or a noodle bowl
- Adapted from Shu Han Lee
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Linda Ray
Apr 16, 2020
Going to try that for lunch today
heinstirred
Apr 16, 2020
Fantastic, hope you enjoy Linda. Take care and stay healthy
Christine Capendale
Apr 16, 2020
Lyk bitter lekker – ek het juis beplan om n koolslaai te maak – en het al die bestandele!
Hoe save mens die resep Hein? Wil dit save en in my resep leer sit op my rekenaar – het solank n screenshot geneem met my foon.
heinstirred
Apr 16, 2020
Hallo Christine. Great! Hoop julle geniet.
Doen sommer Command-Shift-3 as jy op die resep is, dan sal jy ‘n screenshot file op jou desktop he wat jy kan save in jou leer.
Tessa
Apr 17, 2020
Wanneer verwag ons n resepte boek. Jou kos en fotos is “amazing”, dankie.
heinstirred
Apr 17, 2020
Dankie Tessa. Jy maak my dag. Bly veilig en gesond!
Christo Bester
Apr 29, 2020
Ek het dit op jou 7-uur “shredded lamb” gebruik, en dit was jeerlik! Asook die lamsvleis….beide is wenresepte
heinstirred
Apr 29, 2020
Briljante idee Christo. Bly julle het dit geniet!