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Japanese avocado salad with wasabi mayo and salmon is a fresh and creamy recipe that combines rich avocado, tender salmon, and a mildly spicy dressing. This dish usually starts with ripe avocado cut into bite-sized pieces and paired with cooked, smoked, or sashimi-style salmon depending on the recipe style. A wasabi mayo dressing made with Japanese mayonnaise, wasabi, soy sauce, lemon juice, rice vinegar, or sesame oil adds creaminess, gentle heat, acidity, and savory depth. As the dressing coats the avocado and salmon, the salad becomes smooth, bright, and flavorful while still feeling light. Cucumber, lettuce, green onion, sesame seeds, nori, shiso, or tobiko can add crunch, aroma, and color. The final salad works well as a quick appetizer, side dish, or light meal with rice, sushi bowls, noodles, or other Japanese-style dishes.
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00:00Outrageously good, that's what one of my readers said about this salad.
00:04Imagine silky cubed avocado with creamy wasabi mayo, tender salmon, and umami-rich bonita flakes.
00:10It's the 25-minute salad that might become your new favourite.
00:15For a printable version of this recipe, visit my website,
00:18just google avocado salad space that you'd find me.
00:21Let's start with our sauce. Into a bowl, I add 2 tablespoons of Japanese mayonnaise,
00:25half tablespoon of soy sauce, one teaspoon of toasted white sesame seeds,
00:30one teaspoon of wasabi paste, and half teaspoon of toasted sesame oil.
00:35Then a pinch of sugar. Whisk everything together until you've got a smooth, well-combined mixture.
00:41Give it a quick taste test at this point. If you're feeling adventurous and want a bit more heat,
00:47now's the time to swirl in another dab of wasabi. Do it now while you can still blend it evenly
00:53into the sauce.
00:55Now I'm going to have my mini tomatoes. I use about five for this dish depending on the size,
01:01and you can use cherry or grape tomatoes. If you're using a regular tomato, cut half and cut in two
01:08cubes. As you cut each ingredient, you can just drop it straight into the bowl with the sauce.
01:14Next, we're gonna take one ripe avocado. To get those beautiful cubes, we're gonna cut it in half and
01:20remove the seed. Then cut each half into quarters so you have 8 wedges in total.
01:29In this stage, it's really easy to peel off the skin. Then we can cut each wedge into nice cubes.
01:36Again, scrape those straight into the bowl.
01:46Next, I'm going to have two boiled eggs. I boiled these for about 10 minutes and then
01:51let them rest in an ice water bath to make them easier to peel.
01:56Grab a teaspoon, scoop out the yolks, and drop them into the bowl.
02:00Yolkstone cut nicely, so it's not really worth cutting them. We're going to cut the whites the
02:06same way we prepared the avocado. Just cut them into wedges, then into cubes like this.
02:22Finally, I have a beautiful piece of sashimi great salmon. This is about 100 grams, more or less.
02:28And I'm going to use a very sharp knife to cut it into strips, then cut each strip into cubes.
02:35It's important that you use found sashimi great salmon for this dish, since we'll be serving it raw.
02:41While salmon can contain parasites and can't be eaten raw, so make sure you purchase your salmon
02:47from a trusted retailer. If you can't get sashimi great salmon, something like boiled shrimp
02:52or smoked salmon also works really well here. Okay, everything is in, so it's now time to mix it
02:59together. Mix gently, but thoroughly. We want to evenly coat the ingredients without breaking them.
03:05We're not making mashed potatoes here. If you mix too roughly, your avocados and eggs will fall apart
03:12and turn mushy, which is definitely not what we want. Once everything is evenly coated with our
03:18amazing sauce, cover the bowl and pop it in the fridge for about 20 minutes. When you're ready to eat,
03:24divide this beautiful creation into serving bowls, and top with a general sprinkle of bonita flakes,
03:30and some freshly chopped green onions. This salad is inspired by Japanese potato salad,
03:37but with refreshing ingredients and distinctive Japanese condiments that perfectly complement each
03:42other. Enjoy. Want even more delicious recipes? Grab my free cookbook from the link in the description.
03:53There we go, the link to the full recipe is on the screen for you now,
03:56and if you want to watch more similar videos, don't miss my salad playlist popping up on your screen as
04:01well. Thanks so much for watching, and I hope to see you in the next one. Bye.
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