New healthy dark leafy salad with white needle mushrooms. Although it is winter and salad is not a popular option, I still love to make all kinds of salad in winter as a supplement of hot soups. I have make my own sesame paste several days ago. Cold sesame salad is a traditional branch of Sichuan cuisine. But we love to make the sesame paste "hot, spicy and numbing". For example, the cold sesame noodles. 
Ingredients
- 5-6 spinach, tough root removed
- 1 small bunch of needle mushrooms
- 1 grated garlic
Sesame seasonings
- 2 tbsp. sesame paste
- 3 tbsp. cold water plus more if necessary
- ½ tbsp. light soy sauce
- a pinch of salt
- ½ tbsp. black vinegar
- ½ tbsp. sesame oil
Steps
Add a small pinch of salt in hot boiling water. Blanch mushroom and spinach for 1-2 minutes. Transfer out and drain.
Add all the seasonings expect the garlic.
Place garlic on top of the salad and then drizzle the sesame paste.
Sesame Spinach Salad
Sesame Spinach Salad
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Ingredients
- 5-6 spinach tough root removed
- 1 small bunch of needle mushrooms
Sesame Sauce
- 2 tbsp. sesame paste
- 3 tbsp. cold water plus more if necessary
- 1 grated garlic
- ½ tbsp. light soy sauce
- a pinch of salt
- ½ tbsp. black vinegar
- ½ tbsp. sesame oil
- 1 grated garlic
Instructions
- Add a small pinch of salt in hot boiling water. Blanch mushroom and spinach for 1-2 minutes. Transfer out and drain.
- Place all the seasonings in sesame paste. Mix well.
- Drizzle the sesame sauce on top of the salad.
Nutrition
Calories: 128kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 3gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 215mgPotassium: 89mgVitamin A: 235IUVitamin C: 1.8mgCalcium: 21mgIron: 0.6mg
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Ganga
Lovely - do you use toasted sesame oil or a light sesame oil for the sauce, and also for making sesame paste?
Elaine
Ganga,
It is toasted sesame paste.
linda
what is that dark brown dotted items on top of this sauce?
Elaine
It is pepper flakes from Chinese chili oil.
Danny
I just really wanted to thank you for all of these great recipes!! I am an American expat living in Beijing. Right now I am quarantined in my community. My girlfriend is chinese but she never learned to cook. These recipes have served as both delicious nourishment and a way to keep busy and stop from going crazy! Every recipe thus far (and I have done several) are perfect and Beijing restaurant quality. Sincerely. Thank you!
Elaine
Danny,
Thanks for the lovely comment and trying my recipes. We have been quarantined at home for almost one month too. No matter how life goes, enjoy your cooking time.
Natalie
Really enjoyed this recipe - thank you! And it's so simple to make and healthy, too. I tried it exactly as you wrote it, but I will leave out the mushrooms next time. I like them, but not all of my friends are fans of mushrooms and leaving them out doesn't seem to hurt the recipe at all. I look forward to trying more of your recipes!
Elaine
Natalie,
Love to hear that feedback!!