Originally Posted by
Stgermainparis
LOL. It was so so good. Marinated overnight in mix of olive oil, squirt of balsamic glaze, garlic, rosemary. The outside was so nice and seared and crusty. Used a Meater to get internal temp to 120 then tented for about 5 minutes.
Since then, I've been really craving that Panera Asian Sesame salad / dressing. We grilled some chicken a few nights ago and had leftovers, plus some romaine, and some sliced honey almonds from TJs. So I found this copycat recipe for the dressing. It is SPOT ON. I have an irrational love of this dressing. (I know you can buy it in grocery stores but nowhere near me carries it.)
https://iowagirleats.com/panera-copycat-salad-recipe/
I did modify a little because when I "toasted" the sesame oil, it lost its nice sesame flavor. So I subbed more sesame oil for the canola oil at the end. I've made this salad 3x in the last 3 days. I need ideas of what else I can put this dressing on! Maybe marinade for some shrimp or something.
There really is no substitute for toasted sesame oil. Trader Joe carries it. It is usually in smaller bottles and is a deep golden color.--you don't need much. You can't really toast the oil as the toasted sesame oil is made from toasted sesame seeds.