Preparation details
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Yield
- About 1/2 cup / 120 mL
- Serving
- Start with 1–2 tablespoons per serving and adjust to taste.
- Duration
- No cooking required. Total time: about 10 minutes.
Ginger-sesame dressing
A make-ahead fresh-ginger dressing for salads, grain bowls, noodles, and cooked vegetables.
Associated use
Where this preparation appears
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Menstrual cramps self-care guide →Mild nausea self-care guide →Minor muscle soreness self-care guide →About the ingredient
Ginger
Zingiber officinale rhizome, used as food and in oral supplements; exercise-soreness evidence is based on repeated measured intake and must not be generalized to an arbitrary tea or recipe dose.
See evidence, safety, and uses →Ingredients
- Fresh ginger, finely grated
- 1 tablespoon
- Rice vinegar
- 3 tablespoons
- Low-sodium soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons
- Neutral or olive oil
- 3 tablespoons
- Toasted sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon
- Honey or maple syrup
- 1–2 teaspoons, optional
- Green onion, finely sliced
- 1, optional
Instructions
- Combine ginger, rice vinegar, soy sauce, neutral oil, sesame oil, and optional sweetener in a jar or bowl.
- Shake or whisk until emulsified. Stir in optional green onion.
- Taste and adjust acidity or sweetness. Refrigerate until ready to use.
Equipment: small jar with lid or bowl, grater, whisk (optional).
Safety information
Get medical help if oral ginger can cause stomach discomfort, heartburn, diarrhea, or mouth and throat irritation in some people.
Get medical help if if you take medicines, ask a clinician or pharmacist before using ginger specifically for a health purpose.
Get medical help if pregnancy and breastfeeding guidance depends on the ginger product and preparation.
Get medical help if if you have gallstone disease, avoid using ginger specifically for a health purpose unless a clinician advises otherwise.
Get medical help if this MVP scopes medicinal ginger guidance to adults.
Condition-specific cautions
Menstrual cramps: Oral ginger can cause heartburn, abdominal discomfort, diarrhea, or mouth/throat irritation. Review medicinal ginger use with a healthcare professional if you take regular medicines, especially medicines that affect bleeding, or if you are pregnant.
Mild nausea: Ginger can cause heartburn, stomach upset, diarrhea, or mouth and throat irritation in some people. If you take medicines, are pregnant or breastfeeding, or plan to use ginger regularly in medicinal amounts, check with a healthcare professional first.
Minor muscle soreness: Oral ginger can cause abdominal discomfort, heartburn, diarrhea, and mouth or throat irritation. Review supplement use with a clinician or pharmacist if you take medicines, have significant bleeding risk, are pregnant, or are breastfeeding.