Umeboshi Vinegar has a tart, salty, and fresh flavor that is typically used as an ingredient in Various Japanese cooking, such as salad dressings, marinades, pickles, vegetables, dips, and beverages. In this article, we would like to show you how to make a delicious yet simple Cucumber Tomato Salad with Umeboshi Vinegar Dressing.
Umeboshi Vinegar or Ume Plum Vinegar itself is the juice extracted when making umeboshi. Umeboshi Vinegar is rich in organic acids such as citric acid, malic acid, polyphenol, and more that can bring so many health benefits to your daily life. Make sure you check our following article to know more detail about Umeboshi Vinegar and How to Use it below:
Cucumber Tomato Salad with Umeboshi Vinegar Dressing Recipe
Cucumber Tomato Salad with Umeboshi Vinegar Dressing
Ingredients
Salad
- 4 tomatoes
- 2 cucumbers
- 2 tbsp shredded shiso (perilla) leaves
- ½ red onion (or you can also use 2 shallots, finely sliced)
- 2 umeboshi, seed removed, and cut into small pieces (optional)
Umeboshi Vinegar Dressing
- 4 tbsp umeboshi vinegar (you can use red or white based on your preference)
- 3 tbsp shoyu (soy sauce)
- 4 tbsp your favorite oil (avocado oil, olive oil, canola oil, etc)
- appropriate amount of sesame seeds
Instructions
- Mix well all dressings ingredients in a bowl, then set it aside while you slice the salad ingredients.
- Rince and sliced thinly cucumbers, tomatoes, red onion, and umeboshi (optional).
- Put the cucumbers, tomatoes, red onion, umeboshi, and shredded perilla leaves into a bowl, then pour the dressing.
- Toss until the salad is mixed well. Your Salad is ready to serve.
Another Umeboshi Vinegar Recipes
There are a lot more dishes and salad variations you can make using Umeboshi Vinegar, and they are all amazingly refreshing and delicious! Check our recommended recipes in these articles below:
Recommended Umeboshi Vinegar Product
In Kawashima The Japanstore, we sell white umeboshi vinegar and red umeboshi vinegar. White Umeboshi vinegar is the first batch of vinegar that emerges from pickled umeboshi (plums). And the “red umezu” is red vinegar with its colors deriving from red perilla leaves. You can check our umeboshi vinegar products below:
