Prepare Seaweed Salad simple fast sure to succeed

Name: Seaweed Salad
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 8 min
Yield: 8 Persons
Ingredients: Wakame 50 g; Sushi Vinegar 200 ml; brown sugar 1 tbsp.; Water 200 ml; Soy sauce 1 tbsp.; Sesame Furikake 20-40 g; Chili pepper 1 pc; Sesame oil 100 ml

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Here I present you the simple seaweed salad recipe. The healthy algae, the appropriate vinegar and the soy sauce you can easily order as a cooking box. The preparation is really easy by hand, today times simple and fast.

The Japanese wakame salad is a thankful preparation. You can keep the salad marinated in the refrigerator for several days and whip it out when needed.

Learn all the steps at a glance in this article and let yourself be tempted to cook. Good luck!

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1. Shopping List for the Seaweed Salad
2. Recipe Seaweed Salad
3. Calories and Nutritional Values
4. More Ideas

1. Shopping List for the Seaweed Salad

The practical shopping list, tips for the cooking box and first overview you will find summarized in this paragraph.

Ingredients

Wakame seaweed or other seaweed
Sushi vinegar or other Japanese vinegar
Colored sesame furikake
Sugar, I like to use brown raw cane sugar
Sesame oil
Chili

You will find the Wakame Cooking Box described at the appropriate place. We have four times 50 g seaweed, the fine Japanese vinegar and colored sesame seeds in the box.

With this you can prepare approx. 1.6 kg of seaweed salad (drained weight). This corresponds to a price of about 2.40 € per 100 g. Please pay attention when comparing – here it is 100% algae share in the salad.

Overview of algae:

Wakame seaweed on the board. Often these are colored in the industrial salad preparation. Our dry seaweed is pure nature! © Thomas Sixt Food Photographer

Algae in comparison — Seaweed colorful above: White tosakanori, red kelp, green kelp, kaedenori red, green kaedenori and yellow kaedenori and below, wakame. © Thomas Sixt Food Photographer

Working tools:

Bowl large
Colander
Cutting board
Cooking knife
Spoon

Next we want to look at the preparation some photo impressions I have added you.

2. Recipe Seaweed Salad

Seaweed Salad

Guidance from chef Thomas Sixt.

Servings 8 Persons

Calories 133

Total Time 8 Min.

Seaweed salad quick and easy to prepare shows you chef Thomas Sixt in this recipe with cooking video.

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Ingredients

50	g	Wakame (From the cooking box)
200	ml	Sushi Vinegar (Sushi vinegar or Japanese vinegar)
1	tbsp.	brown sugar
200	ml	Water
1	tbsp.	Soy sauce
20-40	g	Sesame Furikake (From the cooking box)
1	pc	Chili pepper (red or yellow)
100	ml	Sesame oil

Instruction

Ingredients for wakame salad — Ingredients prepared for wakame salad

Provide salad ingredients.

Wakame seaweed in a bowl for soaking in water.

Put the seaweed in a large bowl and let it swell for 20 minutes, covered with cold water.

Sesame furikake colored wasabi — Colorful sesame furikake with wasabi flavor.

Prepare sesame furikake in a bowl.

Soy sauce and sushi vinegar — White soy sauce and sushi vinegar bottle

Drain the seaweed in a sieve, leave in size or finely chop as desired. Mix vinegar, soy sauce and sugar and taste with water.

Chilli pods — Fresh bunch of chilli pods

Cut chili peppers into slices or rings.

Place the seaweed in the marinade and season with sesame seeds and sesame oil. Add chili as desired and dress. Serve quickly or as needed. Enjoy your meal!

Video

Note: Algae is a food containing iodine. Excessive consumption may cause thyroid disorders. Therefore, please do not consume more than one serving (100 g) per day.

Quantities: 50 g dry algae yields approx. 460 g softened algae (drained weight).