Simple and versatile tahini salad dressing. Creamy, smooth, tangy and fresh, this tahini dressing turns a simple salad into a gourmet event!
This tahini salad dressing will turn any simple salad into a gourmet meal!
Salads don’t need to be fancy when you have dressings like this! You can pour this over a bowl of plain lettuce and feel excited about eating it.
Which, as you can see from the above photo, is exactly what we did!
The recipe is super simple and comes together in five minutes flat.
It pours beautifully over your salad and it will totally wow your tastebuds. It’s totally versatile as well and you can use it as a sauce or topping.
And if you love this recipe, you’ll also love our vegan caesar dressing and vegan tartar sauce.
How To Make Tahini Salad Dressing
You will find full instructions and measurements in the recipe card at the bottom of the post. This is a summary of the process to go along with the process photos.
- Add tahini, lemon juice, maple syrup, rice vinegar, toasted sesame oil, crushed garlic, water, sea salt and ground black pepper to a measuring jug.
- Whisk it up until smooth.
Storing Tips
You can store leftovers in the fridge for 5 days. Some separation may occur, just whisk it up again and enjoy.
It is also freezer friendly. Let it thaw in the fridge and then stir it up very well before using.
More Delicious Vegan Salad Dressings
- Vegan Ranch Dressing
- Cashew Dressing
- Vegan Mayonnaise
- Vegan Green Goddess Dressing
- Vegan Blue Cheese Dressing
- Vegan Thousand Island Dressing
Did you make this recipe? Be sure to leave a comment and rating below!
Tahini Salad Dressing
Ingredients
- ¼ cup Tahini (60ml)
- 2 Tbsp Lemon Juice freshly squeezed
- 1 Tbsp Maple Syrup
- 1 Tbsp Rice Vinegar
- 1 Tbsp Toasted Sesame Oil
- ½ tsp Crushed Garlic
- 2 Tbsp Water
- ⅛ tsp Sea Salt
- ⅛ tsp Black Pepper
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients to a measuring jug.
- Whisk with a hand whisk until completely smooth.
- Pour over your salad and enjoy!
Video
Notes
- You might want to use more salt and pepper, just taste test and see how you like it.
- This recipe makes approximately ⅔ cup.
- You can store leftovers in the fridge for 5 days. Some separation may occur, just whisk it up again and enjoy.
Loved it! Simple ingredients and delicious. Will be making it again.
Absolutely delicious, my new favorite dressing!! I definitely recommend…
Awesome! Thank you! 🙂
This is so good!!! I’ve been making this dressing constantly for the past few weeks and I have it everyday in a salad with sweet potatoes. Thanks so much for this great recipe!!!
Awesome! Thanks Jess! 🙂
I make this dressing all the time! There’s a local health food restaurant in Santa Barbara I became obsessed with when I went to college there. I often longed for their tahini dressing since. Now this is my most favorite dressing recipe! Depending on what tahini you use, it sometimes has a nuttier taste (soom) and other times has more of that tang. Thanks for sharing this one!
Very tasty thanks
Awesome! Thanks for the great rating Rob! 🙂
Hi Alison,
I love your recipe, thanks for sharing. I did, however, modify it according to what I had on hand. So here’s what I did. I replaced maple syrup with HONEY, replaced rice vinegar with WINE vinegar, and replaced plain water with ROSE WATER! The outcome was awesome, Alison. I hope you’ll try this version.
Thanks for sharing Lee. 🙂
Delicious! Thank you for sharing your recipe. I made this for my Book Group and I doubled the recipe and added 1/4 tsp Ground Cumin and 1/2 tsp Ground Turmeric and it was delicious!
Sounds awesome! Thanks so much for sharing and the great review! xo
Fantastic for salads
Can you do it without the oil?
Hi Charlotte, yes you can. 🙂
I will be making this for lunch salad dressing but I’m trying to do Whole 30….is there something I could use for a little sweetener?
You could replace the maple syrup with any kind of sweetener that you prefer. It does need a little something sweet in there though to balance the flavors out perfectly, so for the sake of tasting good I wouldn’t omit it altogether.
Can I use olive oil instead of sesame oil? I have everything on hand but that!
Yes sure! It will have a slightly different flavor but still super good! 🙂
Just made and love. I didn’t have any sesame oil and still tasted great to me. Thank you so much for sharing.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Simple and tasty and just what one needs for salad.
Loved this and so did husband. So easy and tasty
Awesome! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
I first saw a version of this on clean food dirty girl on Facebook. And they called it T crack. I’ve since seen in endless variety of variations that are all just as good as the next , this one included, thank you for sharing.
Hahaha, what a great description of it! Fits perfectly! Thanks for posting! 🙂