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Make this Asian zucchini noodle salad recipe, and you can enjoy a healthy, nutritious dish that boasts incredible flavor in every mouthful. You need to dice and spiralize some vegetables and combine tangy Asian dressing ingredients to make the best Asian zoodle salad you ever had.

Asian zoodles salad is a wonderful blend of zoodle, or spiralized zucchini noodles along with other vegetables and an Asian inspired dressing.
Also try sesame avocado chicken salad or these light shrimp spring rolls. And for a fun twist, don’t miss spicy baked salmon sushi muffins.
Why You’ll Love It
Colorful: We eat with our eyes before taking a single bite, and the bright colours in this salad make you instantly want a grab a fork (or pair of chopsticks!) and dig right in.
Nutritious: Each of the vegetables in this recipes comes with its own vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, and the dressing isn’t high fat and doesn’t have any sugar. This is also a low-carb dish.
Different: Salad recipes you find yourself making all the time can get old. What was once your favorite salad can easily become boring, so liven things up with this Chinese style zoodles salad. It makes a great change.
Asian Zucchini Noodles Ingredients
A complete list of ingredients and amounts can be found in the recipe card below.
Vegetables: The recipe calls for yellow squash, zucchini, carrots, red onion, green onions, and cabbage.
Coconut oil and sesame oil: For rich flavors in the dressing.
Soy sauce: Adds umami flavor to the dressing.
Lime juice: For a zesty tang.
Garlic and ginger: More flavors for the dressing.
How to Make Asian Zoodle Salad
For more detailed instructions with weights and measurements, jump to the printable recipe card.
Make the dressing: Shake all the ingredients for the dressing together in a mason jar or similar.
Spiralize the vegetables: Run the raw zucchini, squash, and carrots through a spiralizer, then toss with salt.
Add the other ingredients: Drain off any excess liquid the salts pulled out and toss the squash, carrot, and zucchini noodles with the green onions, red onion, and dressing.
Substitutions and Variations
Vegetables: You can use other kinds of vegetables in this if you want, such as red bell pepper or green bell pepper, thinly sliced mushrooms, snap peas, red cabbage, or even some crushed pineapple chunks if you drain them well first.
Dressing: Substitute bottled Thai peanut dressing for the homemade dressing or add other components to the dressing such as seasoned rice vinegar (in place of the mirin) or apple cider vinegar, red pepper flakes, extra sesame oil, toasted sesame seeds, or chili garlic sauce.
Soy sauce: You can use coconut aminos instead.
Sweeten up the dressing: If you want a sweet touch, honey, agave syrup, sugar, or artificial sweetener would work.
Serving Suggestions
With a protein: Pair it with grilled shrimp, black pepper chicken, crispy chili beef, BBQ ribs, rotisserie chicken, or even a juicy steak.
With other salads: Other side salads you may want to pair with this are a green goddess salad or Italian tuna white bean salad.
How to Store Zucchini Noodle Salad
Store: Keep the Asian zucchini noodles salad mixture separate from the dressing and refrigerate both for a day before mixing.
Freeze: This salad doesn’t freeze well because it gets mushy when thawed, so serve immediately for the best result.
Top Tips
Invest in a good spiralizer: This makes all the difference! And you’ll find yourself using it all the time. This is mine!
Switch up the dressing: Zucchini noodles go with pretty much anything, and, if you swap the Chinese-inspired dressing for any other dressing, you’ll find it does go with anything!
Dress just before serving: Don’t add the dressing too soon, as dressed veggies go soggy over time.
Asian Zucchini Noodles Salad FAQs
You can get various types of spiralizers. If you like to spiralize veggies often, something like this one will make zucchini noodles prepping quick and easy. A budget option like this Veggetti spiralizer works rather like a pencil sharpener.
If you’re unfamiliar with this ingredient, you might want to know more about what it is exactly and why it has a place in your zucchini noodles salad.
Mirin is popular in Chinese recipes and is a type of rice wine. It contrasts nicely with the sesame oil, lime juice, and other dressing ingredients. It’s alcoholic, so sub a different vinegar and omit the mirin if you prefer.
Asian Zoodle Salad Recipe
Asian Zoodle Salad
Equipment
- Salad Forks
Ingredients
- 2 yellow squash
- 2 zucchini
- 2 carrots
- 1 red onion, thinly sliced
- ½ Cup red cabbage, thinly sliced
- ¼ Cup green onion, diced
- 1 Tablespoon sea salt
For the Dressing:
- ¼ Cup mirin
- ¼ Cup coconut oil
- 1 Tablespoon sesame oil
- 2 Tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 Tablespoon lime juice
- 1 Teaspoon garlic paste
- 2 Teaspoon ginger paste
Instructions
- Combine all the dressing ingredients in a mason jar and shake. Refrigerate until ready to use.
- Spiralize the zucchini, squash, and carrots. Add to a colander and toss with sea salt. Let sit for 15 minutes to drain excess liquid.
- Rinse and pat dry. Add to a large bowl and combine with red onion, cabbage, and green onion.
- Drizzle with dressing and toss to coat.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
Switch up the dressing: Zucchini noodles go with pretty much anything, and, if you swap the Chinese-inspired dressing for any other dressing, you’ll find it does go with anything!
Dress just before serving: Don’t add the dressing too soon, as dressed veggies go soggy over time.
Nutrition
This zucchini salad Asian style makes a healthy and tasty meal or side dish. It’s quick and easy to make, and if you have a good spiralizer, you can prepare this in just 15 minutes. It will become one of your favorite salad recipes!
Other Recipes to Try
- Green Goddess Salad is the viral salad sensation with an herb-packed dressing.
- Try these nourishing Blueberry Zucchini Muffins that are moist and sweet!
- And Chicken Lo Mein is a takeout favorite that’s easy to recreate at home.
- Enjoy the refreshing mix of colors and flavors in this Italian Rice Salad!
- Sesame Avocado Asian Chicken Salad is bursting with vibrant Asian flavors.
Bella Bucchiotti
Bella Bucchiotti is a Canadian-based syndicated food, travel, and lifestyle writer, photographer, and creator at xoxoBella. She founded xoxoBella in 2015, where she shares her love for food, dogs, sustainability, fitness, crafts, outdoor adventures, travel, and philanthropy to encourage others to run the extra mile, try new recipes, visit unfamiliar places, and stand for a cause. Bella creates stress-free and family-friendly recipes for weeknight dinners and festive feasts.
This Asian zoodle salad is absolutely refreshing and bursting with flavor! The crisp veggies, vibrant colors, and tangy dressing make it a light yet satisfying dish. Perfect for a healthy lunch or a guilt-free side! 🥒🥕🥢
It’s one of my favorites too!
Made this recipe for dinner and my family absolutely loved it! It’s definitely going into our regular rotation.
Cooked this recipe for dinner and my family raved about it. It’s a keeper for sure!