Chinese Spinach Salad with Peanuts (老醋菠菜花生)
Chinese spinach salad is a cold appetizer that features tender blanched spinach and crispy peanuts tossed in a gingery vinegar dressing. It's a simple and highly nutritious dish that is perfect to complete your weekday meal. {Vegan, Gluten-Free Adaptable}To make the dish gluten-free, use rice vinegar instead of Chinkiang vinegar, and use tamari to replace light soy sauce.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 5 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb (225 g) spinach (, tough ends removed and rinsed thoroughly)
- 1 tbsp Chinkiang vinegar
- 1 tsp light soy sauce ((or soy sauce))
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 tsp ginger (, minced)
- 1/4 scant cup salted roasted peanuts (, coarsely chopped)
Instructions
- 1
Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add spinach and cook over medium heat until cooked through, about 1 minute. Drain, quickly rise with cold tap water, then drain again. Squeeze extra water out of the spinach with both hands. Chop spinach into pieces about 3” (8 cm) in length and transfer a serving bowl.
- 2
Combine black vinegar, light soy sauce, sugar, salt, and ginger in a small bowl, mix well.
- 3
Right before serving, top the spinach with peanuts and drizzle with the vinegar sauce. Serve immediately as a cold appetizer.