This easy Asian salad dressing and slaw is lightly adapted from Marion Grasby, one of my favourite recipe content creators. It can be whipped up in seconds and has the right balance of sweet and salty.

Over the last few months, I’ve been making a few recipe videos for Marion’s Kitchen, a range of amazing Asian food products. The company was started by Marion Grasby, who you might remember from season two of MasterChef Australia.

Her products start out as home recipes and are then turned into stunning products using authentic ingredients. They do cooking kits and wok sauces along with coconut milk and noodles. I’ve only been working with the kits and sauces, but I absolutely love the flavours and range of recipes that have come out of it. The only tragedy is that these are not available in South Africa. If they were, they would be permanent fixtures in my cupboard.

The easiest and most delicious asian dressing

Marion and her team have devised delicious and easy ways to use the kits. Think Cantonese meatball and cucumber lettuce wraps, Thai yellow curry noodle soup with crispy fried wontons and Korean fried chicken burgers with slaw.

I was inspired by an Asian dressing and slaw recipe I made for them last week, which reminded me of my favourite crunchy noodle slaw salad. This salad is a family favourite and is so popular that I even included it in my first book. It involves toasting 2-minute noodles, slivered almonds, sesame and sunflower seeds to give it a major crunch and flavour.

Marion’s recipe is much simpler and is the dressing I will default to going forward. I might add all the crunchy elements when I make it next time, but for now, I just wanted to share this simple, lovely recipe with you as it’s great to serve with any grilled meat or with wraps (lettuce or tortilla).

I’ve also just got back from a trip to Southeast Asia, where I spent 5 fabulous days in Bangkok and then 2 weeks in Vietnam. Watch this space because I have so many pictures, stories, and inspirations to share.

One of the most noticeable things food-wise was the abundance of amazingly fresh greens everywhere sold on every street corner and included in the food. I love how fresh herbs such as basil and mint are a big feature in the cuisine, and the mint in this salad makes it incredible.

This is a very simple slwa recipe which can be adapted to your own taste. I think chopped nuts and other greens could make it delicious.

Here’s a little video I made showing you how easy it is to mix.