Daikon Scallop Salad
Here’s a tasty little salad that I learned how to make from our Tokyo friends!
It’s very simple here’s what you do:
1. Cut 1 small Japanese daikon into match stick sized pieces. Put this in a bowl with a little salt sprinkled on it and let it sit. After about 10 minutes, a little liquid should have come out. Rinse off this liquid and the salt.
2. To the bowl of daikon pieces, add one small can of scallops that has been broken up. (The can looks like a small tuna can, I’ve seen it at Marukai, Nijiya Market, and the Asian food aisle in other supermarkets.)
3. Add reduced fat Kewpie (or Best Foods) mayonnaise until it reaches the consistency of egg salad or tuna salad.
4. Add a little shoyu and salt to taste, some sliced green onions – then mix everything together. (The photo above was taken just prior to mixing.)
This salad is great, very cool and refreshing!
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6 comments - January 27, 2009
I will have to try to make this. It looks like a really tasty simple recipe.
I always see Kewpie in the store and wonder what it tastes like. The packaging is so different from American mayo. Is it better for you than Best Foods? Does it taste like Best Foods? Or is it more like Miracle Whip?
Hey lauren,
I hope you like it, it’s a very refreshing side dish!
Hey Kristy,
I’m pretty sure it’s not healthier for you than the other types. As for the taste, I bet you’ve had it before over here or in Japan. Think about the mayo sauce that they put on okonomiyaki or takoyaki. Some Japanese restaurants also use it plain like a dip on vegetables. A few places use it to make spicy ahi rolls. I’ve heard of some people that think it’s too sweet or tangy. I think it’s one of those foods people either love or hate. But I’m a fan!
I may have a problem with finding canned scallops but I bet surimi would work, no? I have a daikon in the fridge, waiting for some fresh ideas…thanks for the inspiration!
Very nice. I love the name Kewpie, had never heard of it.
Hi rowena,
I think that would work. I’ve made it before without any scallops, just the daikon and green onions and it was fine.
Hi noble pig,
I know such a cute name, we pronounce it Q-P.
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