Spring Roll Salad with Spicy Ginger Dressing (2024)

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This loaded spring roll salad features a rainbow of fresh veggies and tender rice noodles tossed in a flavorful spicy ginger dressing. – it’s so easy to make ahead of time for lunch or a side dish!

This salad is otherwise known as the “lazy way” to enjoy spring rolls and we are HERE for it!

No fancy wrapping skills or ingredients required either since we’re literally just tossing a salad together and calling it a day.

And you guys, this salad tastes like the BEST parts about a spring roll and is about to 180 your salad game this summer.

Not only is this salad a total color bomb, but it’s also jam-packed with all kinds of incredible textures and flavors. We don’t do boring salads around here!

Only salads you would want to swan dive in.

This Spring Roll Salad features…

• Tender rice noodles.
• A rainbow of fresh veggies including sweet pepper, carrot, cucumber, and cabbage.
• Lots of fresh mint and cilantro.
• A flavorful spicy ginger dressing.

Making the Spring Roll Salad

(scroll down to the bottom of post for the full recipe)

Ingredients You Will Need

• Rice noodles
• Sweet pepper
• Cucumber
• Carrots
• Shredded cabbage
• Peanuts
• Cilantro
• Mint
• Sesame seeds
• Ginger
• Sesame oil
• Garlic
• Canola oil
• Red pepper flakes
• Soy sauce
• Agave nectar
• Rice wine vinegar

Choosing Your Vegetables

We like to keep things simple with this salad and use a combination of sweet pepper, cucumber, carrots, and shredded cabbage, but the sky’s the limit for what kind of vegetables you can use!

Cherry tomatoes, bean sprouts, or avocado would be great savory additions to this salad. You can even add a sweet kick by using fresh mango, pineapple, or orange!

Tips for Perfect Salad

1. Rinse noodles with cold water – follow the package instructions for cooking noodles, then immediately rinse noodles in lots of cold water. This helps cool the noodles fast and keeps them from sticking together.
2. Julienne vegetables in uniform size – ideally, you want all the vegetables in uniform matchsticks.
3. Blend dressing – for ultimate ease, just blend all the dressing ingredients together in a food processor or blender.
4. Dress salad just before serving – this will help keep the vegetables crisp.

Make Ahead Instructions

This recipe is a dream to make ahead of time for a cookout side dish or easy lunch salad.

1. Cut vegetables and toss with cooked noodles. Store in refrigerator up to 4 days.
2. Make dressing and store in refrigerator up to 7 days.
3. When ready to serve, dress salad and top with peanuts, cilantro, and sesame seeds.

Mild Version of Salad

If you’re sensitive to spice, simply leave the red pepper flakes out of the dressing or add a few pinches to taste – this salad is easy to adjust to fit your spice preference!

This salad somehow tastes even better than it looks. The vegetables are perfectly crisp, the noodles are tender, and tossed in the spicy ginger dressing and fresh herbs just adds the most incredible flavor pop.

You won’t be able to stop making this salad all summer, you’ve been warned.

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More summer salads to try next!

• Sweet Corn Avocado Cucumber Salad
• Thai Soba Noodle Salad
• Charred Corn Sun Dried Tomato Orzo Salad