Spicy Almond Butter Dressing – Gluten Free – Paleo – Whole30 Compliant

Are you looking for a new homemade dressing? Give this delicious spicy almond butter dressing recipe a try.

It has an Asian flair and is perfect to serve on salads of spiralized noodles. It fits into a Paleo and Whole30 diet plan and is super-easy to make.

This yummy dressing is a lovely blend of natural almond butter mixed with olive and toasted sesame oils, fresh garlic and ginger, and coconut aminos. Red pepper flakes give it a nice spicy kick.

Lime wedges add a nice bit of tartness, and fresh basil rounds out the dressing beautifully.

Keep reading to learn how to make this easy homemade Asian salad dressing.

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Ingredients for the almond butter salad dressing recipe

To make this recipe, you’ll need the following ingredients:

• 1 cup of almond butter (no added sugar)
• 4 tablespoons of olive oil
• 2 tablespoons of toasted sesame oil
• 3 cloves of garlic, finely minced
• 2 teaspoons of grated fresh ginger
• 1 teaspoon of pink sea salt
• ¼-½ teaspoon of red pepper flakes, to taste
• 2 tablespoons of coconut aminos
• 2 tablespoons of water
• Juice of 1 lime
• Lime wedges, chopped basil, and slivered almonds for serving

Making this Spicy Almond Butter Dressing

The dressing could not be easier to make. Place the dressing ingredients into a blender or food processor.

Blend everything for about 20 seconds, and you are done!

Store the almond butter salad dressing in an airtight container in the fridge for about a week.

Uses for this easy Asian salad dressing

If you like spicy peanut sauce clinging to yummy noodles, but are trying to follow a Paleo or Whole30 diet, this dressing makes a great substitute for the sauce, and spiralized “zoodles” make a great substitute for regular noodles.

Since zucchini has a high water content, noodles made from it will sweat a little.

For this reason, the dressing is thicker than a normal salad dressing, but once the spicy almond butter dressing is added to the zoodles, the consistency is perfect, and you won’t have to deal with watery zucchini noodles.

Be sure to check out my Asian Zucchini Noodle salad.  I used this dressing to dress it, and it tastes amazing!

If you want to add the dressing to normal salad greens, just add extra water or lime juice to get the consistency you want.

 

Tasting the Dressing

This dressing is tart and spicy with a distinct Asian flair.  Toss on some lime wedges and slivered almonds when you dress the salad to add more tartness and give the salad some extra crunch.

This dressing is full of heart-healthy fats and is very filling.

The recipe is gluten-free, dairy-free, Paleo, and Whole30 compliant. It makes a wonderfully tasty, clean-eating salad!

This Paleo Worcestershire sauce is another great recipe. Also, be sure to try these Whole30 recipes.

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