Food Lens · Prepared
Seaweed salad
Salty, slightly sweet, and sesame-forward, with a distinctive springy, slippery bite.
Lens analyzedSeaweed salad is seasoned seaweed, usually wakame, tossed in a sesame-and-vinegar dressing and served cold as a side at sushi restaurants and in many grocery deli cases. Its slippery, springy texture sets it apart from other cold salads.
Where it comes from
Seaweed has long been part of coastal Japanese and Korean cooking, and the sesame-dressed cold salad familiar in North America is largely a Japanese restaurant adaptation that spread alongside sushi's popularity.
Buying it
Check that the color looks vividly green rather than dull or brown, and confirm the sell-by date since it's a perishable prepared item.
Storing it
Both the dressing and the seaweed degrade with time, so refrigerate it right away and finish it soon after buying.
Keeps about 5 days in the fridge.
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