Sesame-Soy Dip with Seaweed Chips
For a while, kale chips were all the rage, but now it seems like seaweed chips have taken center stage. I love both! Especially if you make them yourself. Not only are they much less expensive that way, you can go with a dunking approach for the seaweed chips. It’s simple and fun, plus you won’t run the risk of over-roasting them by trying to season them and then re-roast them. (When you buy sheets of nori, they’ve already been roasted. Kale, on the other hand, is always available raw, so you don’t run the risk of over-roasting by re-roasting.)
Once the province of Japanese grocers, nori is getting pretty easy to find in mainstream stores — even the bigger chains now have ethnic sections scattered throughout their aisles. Just look for the Asian section to find the square-shaped, slimly-packaged sheets of nori. They’re usually sold in quantities of ten to a pack. Their primary purpose is to make sushi rolls, but they’re also ideal to use as chips. Or you can crumble them up and toss them into salads, onto scrambled eggs, or include them with fish and other seafood dishes.
Once you’ve opened a package of nori, it will start to dry out and become brittle, so if you want to use it for sushi, use it promptly! If you want to break it into chips or crumble it, you can do so long after having opened the package. Making chips out of brittle nori is a great way to use up any leftover nori you might have from having made sushi to begin with.
Sesame-Soy Dip with Seaweed Chips
Pour a drizzle of tamari or soy sauce into a small bowl. (Be sure to get wheat-free tamari if you want gluten-/wheat-free chips!) Add a drizzle of toasted sesame oil. Unrefined and untoasted sesame oil works, too, but the toasted version is more nutty and sesame-tasting. You could also stir in a bit of ground ginger if you’re in a gingery mood.
Tear up some nori into bite-sized pieces and serve them with the dip. It really is that simple.
Enjoy!
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Tags: japanese, nori, seaweed, seaweed chips, sesame oil, snacks, soy, tamari
