Sweet Sesame-Soy Vinaigrette

Name: Sweet Sesame-Soy Vinaigrette
Yield: Serves 24 (Makes 1 1/2 cups)
Ingredients: 1/3 cup, unseasoned rice vinegar; 2 1/2 tablespoons, soy sauce; 1/4 cup, packed light brown sugar; 1/2 teaspoon, grated fresh ginger; 2 teaspoons, Asian chili-garlic sauce; 1 tablespoon, toasted sesame oil; 1/2 cup, vegetable oil; 2 teaspoons, sesame seeds, toasted

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 2005

This salty-sweet vinaigrette gets a kick of heat from chili-garlic sauce.

SERVES24 (Makes 1 1/2 cups)

TIME15 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We built our salad dressing around tart rice vinegar and salty soy sauce. We balanced these ingredients with nutty toasted sesame oil, brown sugar, and ginger and punctuated the dressing with chili-garlic sauce. To give our dressing some te...

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