Easy Mint & Basil Green Salad
This mint & basil green salad is super refreshing, easy, and healthy! It features plenty of crunchy veggies like lettuce, carrots, and red cabbage, along with a handful of fresh herbs. It is then completed with a garlicky and gingery toasted sesame oil dressing!
Ingredients
- 1 small cucumber thinly sliced
- 1 green bell pepper thinly sliced
- 1/2 block fried tofu cut into matchsticks (optional)
- 1 cup shredded carrots
- 1 cup shredded red cabbage
- 4 cups packed chopped lettuce or your favorite salad
- 1/4 cup chopped basil I used Thai basil
- 2 tbsp chopped mint leaves
Dressing
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tbsp lime juice more to taste
- 2 tsp toasted sesame oil
- 2 tsp sriracha or Sweet Chili Sauce
- 2 cloves of garlic minced
- 2 tsp minced ginger optional
Instructions
Make the dressing
- Combine everything. In a small bowl, combine the soy sauce, maple syrup, lime juice, toasted sesame oil, sriracha, minced garlic, and ginger. Taste it and adjust the sweetness, saltiness, and sourness to your liking.
Salad
- Prep the veggies. Slice the cucumber, green bell pepper, and tofu into thin matchsticks. Peel and shred the carrot. Thinly slice the red cabbage and lettuce. Next, roughly chop the fresh basil and mint. Transfer the sliced veggies to a large mixing bowl.
- Toss everything. Finally, pour in the dressing and stir to toss the veggies with the dressing.
- Serve. You can serve this salad immediately or chill it for 30 minutes in the refrigerator. This salad is best eaten immediately. I do not recommend storing it for longer than 6 hours as it will become watery.
Notes
Give it a good stir.
Ensure you toss the veggies very well to coat them with the dressing. If you make this salad in advance, give it another toss right before serving.
Adjust the spiciness to your liking.
The dressing is on the spicy side, coming mainly from the fresh ginger. You can adjust it by reducing the amount of ginger and/or omitting the sriracha.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 serving | Calories: 155 kcal | Carbohydrates: 25.4 g | Protein: 5.5 g | Fat: 4.8 g | Fiber: 3.4 g | Sugar: 15.3 g