A few months ago I was about to sit down with my mom and enjoy a salad, when I realized I’d forgotten the salad dressing. So I rushed to the refrigerator in order to grab some balsamic vinaigrette. But in my hurry, I missed something. After pouring the salad dressing onto my salad and taking the first bite, I realized that I had done something wrong. That’s when I realized what I put on my salad wasn’t salad dressing at all…It was Trader Ming’s Gyoza Dipping Sauce from Trader Joe’s!
I looked at the bottle of Gyoza Dipping Sauce and read the caption, “A classic Asian dipping sauce for everything Asian.” I scratched my chin. I was surprised by the unexpected flavors of soy sauce and sesame oil. But I wasn’t grossed out in any way. In fact I decided to eat the rest of my rather plain cucumber, romaine lettuce and spinach salad. After a few bites I realized that the Gyoza Dipping Sauce was simply delicious, and it was making me savor every piece of lettuce and each bite of cucumber. Was it the crushed red pepper in the sauce that made it so enticing, or was it the pieces of cilantro? I wasn’t sure at the time but the Gyoza Dipping Sauce as a whole tasted great!
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So I ended up trying Trader Ming’s Gyoza Dipping Sauce from Trader Joe’s on multiple types of salads over the next couple months. I tried it on ham and blue cheese salad, spinach salad and even on big plain pieces of lettuce. On all the mentioned salads, the Gyoza Dipping Sauce tasted great. It can basically take the place of any balsamic vinaigrette.
I even tried the Gyoza Dipping Sauce on grilled chicken. It brings out the smoky flavor of the grill when you use the Gyoza Dipping Sauce instead of barbeque sauce. The reason for this is because the Gyoza Dipping Sauce is very light and it let’s you still taste the flavors of the chicken. This contrasts with barbeque sauce, which seems to make the chicken flavor take a backseat to TJ’s Barbecue Sauce’s sweetness.
From a nutritional standpoint Trader Ming’s Gyoza dipping sauce has low calories (only 30 calories per 2 table spoon serving). But since the sauce is based on soy sauce it has high sodium content (730mg or 31% daily value). This is something to watch out for because the sauce tastes really good. You’ll want to douse your salad’s last patch of dry lettuce in the sauce. This can be too much salt for one sitting. So just be mindful of how much salt you are having with your meal.
Overall, Trader Ming’s Gyoza Dipping Sauce is great, and it tastes good on Gyoza but on salads especially. It may sound weird but I definitely recommend putting Gyoza Dipping Sauce on your next salad. Try it! You may like it and swear by it like I do!