"Japanese Restaurant Salad Dressing: This is a recipe for a salad dressing, like you get in a Japanese hibachi restaurant, thick and gingery and carroty...."
INGREDIENTS
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3 medium-size carrots (peeled and cut into about 1-inch chunks)
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1 piece 2-inches fresh ginger, peeled and cut into disks
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1 shallot (minced, or 1⁄4 cup minced onion)
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¼ cup unseasoned rice vinegar (or 3 tablespoons white wine vinegar)
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¼ cup canola, peanut, or vegetable oil
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1 tablespoon Asian dark sesame oil (see Note)
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1 teaspoon granulated sugar
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4 teaspoons miso paste (optional, but recommended)
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2 teaspoons mirin (optional)
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6 to 7 cups thinly sliced romaine lettuce (about 11⁄2 heads lettuce or 2 hearts of romaine)
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½ cups shredded peeled carrots
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½ cucumber (preferably seedless or English, peeled, cut in half lengthwise, and thinly sliced crosswise)
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Handful of cherry or grape tomatoes
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1 cups steamed tiny broccoli florets (optional)