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I am always looking for new salad dressing recipes for Salad Week. Something to change things up. We usually have salad week if we have over-indulged the week before or if we have eaten out too many meals while traveling. This copycat TGI Friday’s Mandarin orange sesame dressing is so good! The orange marmalade and the honey balance out the sesame oil. Sesame oil is such a strong flavor so you can use a little less if preferred, but I love the taste of it. I like that it has chopped Mandarin oranges for texture. I also added Mandarin oranges to the salad to tie it all together. Salad week is always great thanks to great dressings like this one!
The Perfect Balance
This copycat TGI Fridays Mandarin orange sesame dressing is one of the best homemade dressings that we have made! This dressing would be good as a dipping sauce for chicken nuggets. It would also be great as a sauce for crudités. Although I admit, I don’t usually use the word ‘crudités’. I’m not very fancy. Sorry.
Also try my sesame salad dressing.
Copycat TGI Friday’s Mandarin Orange Sesame Salad Dressing
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup orange marmalade
- ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ cup white vinegar
- ⅔ cup vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 3 tablespoons sesame oil
- 2 tablespoons honey
- ¼ cup Mandarin oranges fresh, chopped
Instructions
- Place everything except for the mandarin into a blender or food processor and blend until smooth, about 30 seconds.
- Transfer to a resealable container. Add the oranges, cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
