Japanese Ginger Dressing Pasta Salad
This Japanese Ginger Dressing Pasta Salad is a zesty, light, and fresh dish! It’s made with a restaurant-style dressing, gluten-free pasta, and lots of fresh veggies.
Japanese Ginger Dressing is one of my favorite salad dressings! It’s a restaurant-style dressing that’s served over a crunchy green salad in Japanese restaurants, which I fell in love with when I worked at a hibachi restaurant! After developing a homemade version and tons of other hibachi-themed recipes like my Homemade Hibachi Chicken and Vegetables, I started thinking of new ways to use my favorite dressing. I realized that it’s perfect in pasta salad!
This Japanese Ginger Dressing Pasta Salad is a light, fresh pasta salad that you’re about to be obsessed with!!
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Why you’ll love this Japanese Ginger Dressing Pasta Salad
- It’s so simple to make! Once you make the dressing, you combine the salad ingredients and you are done!
- It’s packed with flavor. The crunchy vegetables plus the dressing makes a flavor packed dish!
Recipe Ingredients
See the recipe card below for full information on ingredients and quantities.
- Gluten-Free Farfalle Pasta. I love Jovial’s gluten-free pasta, but you could also use grain-free if you tolerate that better.
- Romaine Lettuce, Cucumber, and Carrot. These veggies add so much crunch and nutrition to the salad. You could use other vegetables if you have others in your fridge!
- Chicken. I recommend cooked and cubed chicken, but you could also use rotisserie or leftover chicken for a shortcut!
- Ginger dressing. This is my recipe for Japanese Ginger Dressing and is key to the recipe!!
How to Make Japanese Ginger Dressing Pasta Salad
Here are the simple steps, with photos, to make this recipe. Find full instructions in the recipe card.
Step one. Combine the cooked pasta, romaine, cucumber, carrot, and chicken to a large salad bowl.
Step two. Make the dressing.
Step three. Pour dressing over the pasta salad and toss to coat.
Step four. Top with salt and pepper to taste, and green onion. Enjoy!
Michelle’s Tips & Tricks 🤓
- Add more or less dressing depending on your personal preferences. I prefer a pretty dressing, heavy pasta salad, but you can add more or less depending on how you like your pasta salad!
- Use rotisserie chicken as a shortcut. If you don’t have any leftover chicken, you can easily use a shredded rotisserie chicken in this recipe!
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Japanese Ginger Dressing Pasta Salad
Ingredients
- 2 cups gluten-free farfalle pasta, cooked
- 2 heads romaine lettuce, chopped
- ½ cucumber, halved and sliced thin
- 1 medium carrot, shredded
- ¾ lb chicken, cooked and cubed
- ⅓- ½ cup ginger dressing
- Salt and pepper
- 2 tbsp green onion, chopped
Instructions
- Add the cooked pasta, romaine, cucumber, carrot, and chicken to a large salad bowl.
- Pour ⅓ cup of dressing over the pasta salad, and add a touch more if desired. Toss to coat.
- Top with salt and pepper to taste, and green onion to serve.
- Serve the pasta salad chilled!
