Spring Sprout Salad | Ginger Garlic Dressing

This sprout salad is made from sprouted mung beans, shredded carrot, bell pepper, and cilantro. It is then married to a sweet, spicy and tangy ginger garlic dressing. With every bite comes and explosion of texture and flavor.

Spring is finally here and I have had the urge to sprout everything and anything! My favorite beans to sprout, as of lately, are mung beans. They are one of the crispiest sprouted beans out there, and have a resemblance to corn. In fact this recipe is in resemblance to one of my favorite corn salad recipes. Since I have not seen any corn at the farmers marker, or my local market, its a good time to experiment with different ingredients.

Once you have the mung beans sprouted, the rest is easy!

Sprouting Mung Beans

Put 3/4 cups of mung beans  into a bowl and soak them with just enough water to cover.

Soak for about 8 hours overnight.

Dump the bowl into a strainer and rinse well. Keep them in the strainer and put the strainer over a bowl and cover with a towel.

Rinse them about 2-4 times a day. If they look dry, rinse them. They are done when they have about one inch long tails.

I used reverse osmosis water to rinse and soak.  They turn out sweeter, and crispier than the time when I tried using tap water to rinse. Where I live, I can run the faucet and smell chlorine, no good.

This spring salad is the perfect recipe for detoxing since it is primarily made from fresh veggies, herbs, sprouted beans, spices, and healthy oils. You can’t go wrong when all of the ingredients come from nature!

The ginger garlic dressing is not only good for this salad but it is also good when massaged into kale. I also use it to dunk my vegan sushi. I have another ginger sauce specifically for vegan sushi, but sometimes I like this one without the tamari or soy sauce.

Once the dressing and everything else marinates together, it is even better!  I can’t say enough about the crispy texture with the sweet and spicy combo! So good, enjoy!

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Spring Sprout Salad with Ginger Garlic Dressing

Crispy, juicy, sweet and spicy sprouts mixed with veggies, herbs and spices.

Prep Time20 minutes mins

Servings: 8

Author: Amanda Nicole Smith

INGREDIENTS

• 3/4 cups mung beans; dried
• 1 cup shredded carrot
• 1 red bell pepper
• 1/4 cup fresh cilantro

Ginger Garlic Dressing

• 1/2 cup grape seed oil; or sesame oil
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/4 cup onion; or shallot
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1/2   tbsp ginger
• 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• 4 deglet dates; or 2 medjool  dates; or 2 tbsp coconut sugar
• 1/2 tsp mustard seed
• 1/2 tsp turmeric

INSTRUCTIONS

• Sprout mung beans
• Shred carrot
• Dice red bell pepper
• De-pit dates
• Add all of the dressing ingredients to a blender.
• Blend until smooth and creamy
• Mix everything together well.
• Store in a glass container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.