Description
Tender blanched kale salad with spicy peanut dressing and chopped red onion. This salad is packed with umami flavor and a fabulous side dish for almost any meal.
Ingredients
- 3–4 large bunches kale
- 1/2 red onion, chopped
Spicy Peanut Dressing
- 1 cup natural peanut butter
- 2 cloves of garlic, chopped
- ¾ – 1 Tablespoon fresh ginger, chopped
- ¼ cup rice vinegar
- ¼ cup tamari
- ¼ cup brown rice syrup or honey
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 2–3 ounces hot water (plus more if needed)
Instructions
- Wash kale well. Remove large, tough stems and cut or break large leaves into pieces.
- Blanch in boiling water for about 2-3 minutes. Transfer the kale with a slotted spoon to a bowl full of ice water to cool it immediately.
- Drain well and squeeze out all the liquid with your hands.
- Place the dressing ingredients (except the hot water) into a high-powered blender and blend until the mixture becomes smooth. Add water to thin sauce.
- Drizzle about half the dressing on top of the kale and mix the two together. Add more dressing until kale looks coated. You’ll probably have dressing leftover (read notes for ideas of what to do with it).
- Garnish kale salad with chopped red onions and serve.
Notes
- Store the leftover dressing in the fridge and reuse it later. I’ve added water and re-blended it to use on regular salads or as a veggie sauce. It works nicely on other vegetables besides kale and it will keep for 2-3 weeks in the fridge.
- Inspired by M Café.
- Category: Salad
- Method: Blanch
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 203
- Sugar: 7g
- Fat: 10g
- Carbohydrates: 18g
- Fiber: 4g
- Protein: 10g
Keywords: kale salad with peanut dressing
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I’m just wondering about the caloric content, is it correct?
I love peanut sauce on anything! This salad looks so easy, delicious, and flavorful! It reminds me of the new Kale salad at Chikfila! (Yes, guilty! What can I say the kids love it!) But now I am excited to have my own version to make!
What? Chickfila has a kale salad now?!
I love a kale salad with ample dressing, this little diddy looks PERFECT, xx!
Thanks lady!
This looks so delicious! I am with you on the California food. It’s all so delicious I can’t try everything fast enough!
I know!! I would be in seventh heaven if I lived there.
This sounds INCREDIBLE!! Pinned and can’t wait to try it. 🙂
I can’t wait to try this. We have a local restaurant that has a kale salad with peanut dressing and it is one of my favorites! I’ve been trying to recreate it for sometime now. This dressing might be it.
F.Y.I. the salad at the restaurant also has lemon zest, dried cherries, and pumpkin seeds but the rest sounds very similar.
Yum! I bet dried cherries and pumpkin seeds would be great additions.
I’m craving a visit to California too! This salad sounds incredible!
Thanks lady!
This sounds incredible! When making a salad, it’s really all about the dressing when get real about it. And this dressing sounds amazing. I’ve never heard of blanching kale leaves before eating them in salad form, but I’d imagine that would make for a very tender and tasty bowl. Thanks for the tip and delicious sounding recipe!
xx Sydney