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Broccoli Salad With Peanut Dressing

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Photo by Alex Lau, food styling by Chris Morocco, prop styling by Emily Eisen

The raw broccoli salad at Emily and Emmy Squared showed us that broccoli can be delicious even when squeaky raw. The secret? Over-the-top flavor from a creamy peanut dressing and pops of sweetness from dried cherries.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    4 servings

Ingredients

Dressing

¼

cup natural creamy peanut butter

2

Tbsp. unseasoned rice vinegar

1

Tbsp. soy sauce

1

tsp. sugar

1

tsp. toasted sesame oil

1

½" piece ginger, peeled, finely grated

Kosher salt

Salad and Assembly

2

small heads of broccoli (about 1 lb. total)

2

mini seedless or small Persian cucumbers, thinly sliced

1

3" daikon, peeled, thinly sliced

3

Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil

2

Tbsp. unseasoned rice vinegar

Kosher salt

2

Tbsp. dried tart cherries

Cilantro sprigs (for serving)

Preparation

  1. Peanut Dressing

    Step 1

    Whisk peanut butter, vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, oil, ginger, and 2 Tbsp. water in a medium bowl until smooth. Season with salt.

    Step 2

    Do Ahead: Dressing can be made 1 week ahead. Cover and chill.

  2. Salad and Assembly

    Step 3

    Slice stems from florets, cutting away as much stem as possible. Cut up larger florets into bite-size pieces. Peel stems and thinly slice. Combine florets and stems in a medium bowl. Add cucumbers, daikon, oil, and vinegar and toss to combine; season with salt.

    Step 4

    Spoon peanut dressing onto a platter and arrange salad over. Top with cherries and cilantro.

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  • Tasty. Easy. While yummy, the PB dressing was VERY thick, had to smear it on the plate. Not sure what to add to make it more runny. Would make again, maybe adding a lil water to thin the dressing.

    • Caroly

    • PNW

    • 1/18/2024

  • This is one of my favorite recipes! Super quick to make and never fails to impress on the flavor-front. This paired with Chris's Sambal Pork Noodles makes for a fantastic meal!

    • Cary Anderson

    • Bloomington, IN

    • 3/16/2020

  • The peanut-soy-rice vinegar dressing is so. good. Will definitely make again.

    • alizarae

    • New York

    • 3/18/2019

  • i want to kiss whoever created the recipe for this peanut sauce/dressing. i'm not usually a pb fan but i couldn't get enough of it with the cucumbers and broccoli! plus, the added sweetness of the dried cherries was very nice.

    • krizk

    • pennsylvania

    • 9/13/2018