Orange Sesame Dressing
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This bright and flavorful orange sesame dressing is perfect for all your Asian-inspired salads. With fresh mandarin juice, honey, garlic, ginger, and tahini, it’s a delicious balance of tart, sweet, and creamy. It only takes 5 minutes to make and will liven up your salads all week long!
This orange sesame ginger dressing has been a total game-changer in my kitchen. It’s creamy, flavorful, and somehow makes even the simplest slaw feel exciting. I love how versatile it is, too — sometimes I’ll add a little extra tahini to thicken it up and use it as a dip for salad rolls or crispy chicken. And even when I’m not short on time, I still appreciate how quickly it comes together.
The flavor hits that perfect sweet-and-savory balance, it’s made with real ingredients, and it honestly makes me want to eat more salad. You just add everything to a jar, give it a good shake, and you’re done. It works beautifully with crunchy cabbage slaws, leafy greens, and even this noodle salad. On busy days, I’ll grab a bagged cabbage mix, ditch the packet dressing, and use this instead — instant upgrade.
It keeps well for up to 10 days, so leftovers never go to waste. I’ve used it as a veggie dip, a drizzle for grain bowls, a marinade for fish or chicken, and even spooned it over fresh spring rolls. A sprinkle of white or black sesame seeds at the end adds a little texture and makes it extra pretty, too.
Give your salad a fresh citrus twist with our easy, versatile orange salad dressing.
Ingredients notes
This flavorful salad dressing is full of simple, fresh ingredients.
- Mandarin orange: you need about a ¼ cup of fresh mandarin juice, so depending on the size of you oranges, you may need a couple.
- Tahini: tahini is made from ground up sesame seeds, and has a mild, nutty flavor. It gives this dressing its creamy texture!
- Avocado oil: we use avocado oil, but other lightly flavored oils works, too.
Other ingredients you’ll need are toasted sesame oil, rice wine vinegar, honey, soy sauce, garlic, and ginger.
Watch how to make this
Orange Sesame Dressing Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 mandarin orange (juiced – about ¼ cup)
- 2 tablespoons tahini
- 3 tablespoons EACH: toasted sesame oil and avocado oil (or another light flavored oil)
- 2 tablespoons EACH: rice wine vinegar, honey, and soy sauce (gluten-free if needed)
- ½ teaspoon EACH: finely minced ginger and garlic
Instructions
- Place all the ingredients in a 2-cup glass jar and give it a good shake. It's ready to go when it's creamy. Note: if your tahini is very thick, mix it with the orange juice first then add the rest of the ingredients and shake.1 mandarin orange, 2 tablespoons tahini, 3 tablespoons EACH: toasted sesame oil and avocado oil, 2 tablespoons EACH: rice wine vinegar, honey, and soy sauce , ½ teaspoon EACH: finely minced ginger and garlic
- Either use it right away or store in your fridge for up to 10 days.
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Kristen, Kraft has discontinued their Mandarin dressing for some reason and its not available in any supermarket or even Amazon. It had rave reviews everywhere.. Go figure. For male gastronomically challenged like myself are you able to make up batches of your Mandarin dressing and send them to Canada?
Regards, Ian
Wonderful recipe! Nice and creamy and perfect with the carrot salad that I made.
Very oily, the ratio of oil from the tahini, avocado and sesame must be incorrect.
It sounds like you may need to shake the dressing a little more. Once the oil is incorporated into the rest of the ingredients the dressing will become nice and creamy.