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My husband’s is typically not a big fan of salad but simply eats it because he know it’s good for his health.  Several years ago, he came home quite excited after having lunch at his Dutch coworker’s house.  He told me the coworker had served a simple and delicious easy Arugula Salad and he absolutely loved it.

Arugula Salad | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

My husband then made the salad for me soon after and I really liked it as well, and we eat this salad at least once every other week now.  What I like about this salad is that it’s easy to make (it takes about 5 minutes!) and you only need a few ingredients.

Besides Arugula, you are likely to have most of the ingredients in your kitchen already – good olive oil, fresh lemon juice, freshly ground black pepper, salt, and good Parmesan cheese (not from the bottle!).  This salad might look simple, but the taste is fairly complex.  The peppery bitter taste of arugula accented with tangy lemon juice, and blended with slices of Parmesan cheese is quite addicting.  I hope you’ll give this simple salad a try if you like arugula.

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Arugula Salad
Arugula Salad | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com
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Prep Time
5 mins
Total Time
5 mins
 
Course: Salad
Servings: 4
Ingredients
  • 7 cups arugla (7 cups = 5.6 oz or 158 g)
  • 1.1 oz Parmesan cheese (1.1 0z = 30 g)
Dressing:
  • 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 Tbsp lemon juice (1 Tbsp = 1 lemon)
  • ½ – ⅔ tsp freshly ground black pepper
  • ¼ tsp Kosher salt
Instructions

  1. Gather all the ingredients. Rinse the arugula in cold running water and drain well. Place it in the serving bowl.

    Arugula Salad Ingredients
  2. For dressing, drizzle the olive oil, lemon juice, and sprinkle freshly ground black pepper and salt.
    Arugula Salad 1
  3. Slice the cheese into 1mm thickness and sprinkle over the salad.
    Arugula Salad 2
  4. Toss everything before serving to an individual plate.
Recipe Notes

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  8. I love arugula! 🙂 And your dressing couldn’t be more refreshing and so simple to prepare. I don’t think I’ve ever try Wafu’s dressing yet. I’m heading over to enter the giveaway now. 🙂 They sounds delicious and I trust your review.

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  15. I love arugula salad just like this. At my local farmer’s market, there is a wonderful stand that sells organic greens, including the most beautiful and delicious arugula and mixed greens. I’m totally hooked and buy a bunch every Sunday that I get to visit.

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  16. When I see this salad… it looks clean and healthy. I love the simple ingredients and then you give it some extra yumminess with the shaved Parmesan cheese. I can see why your hubby loves it. 🙂

    Have a great weekend!

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  22. nom nom nom!! One of my favorite salads!

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  25. Arugula is great, isn’t it? We eat it often (and grow it in our garden). Your salad looks wonderful – the Parmesan is so flavorful with arugula. Good stuff – thanks.

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  27. We love arugula, too! The slightly spicy yet distinctive flavor really stands out nicely! My hubby is like yours… He eats salad only because he should ;). The dressings sound sooo good! I’m a fan of Asian dressings, of course 🙂

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  29. Candice

    Yum! I love arugula. Interesting to know that what people are referring to as “rocket leaves” is actually arugula.

    The ingredients used for this salad is similar to the ingredients of a kale salad I recently made. As my family isn’t a fan of cheese, would it be okay to omit it?

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    • Hi Candice! Forgot where I saw it, but could be Trader Joe’s package… it says rocket leaves on package and that’s how I learned the different name. 🙂 Sure you can omit the cheese, but it’s my most favorite part of this recipe – spicy arugula and good Parmesan cheese! 😉

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  30. You know, in Australia we call Arugula ‘Rocket’. Now I am here in the US I have to remember to call it ‘Arugula’ – no matter, I love a good salad made with those spicy leaves regardless of their name! This one looks so simple, fresh and delish 🙂

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  38. Eha

    As I have 1-2 salads daily summer and winter arugula is a dear friend. Must admit I have not added cheese for the longest time, so thanks for jogging my memory banks 🙂 !!

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  39. I was on an arugula kick last summer. Every day, I would make some sort of arugula salad, but I just could not find a good pre-made dressing to go with it (lazy summer days = no energy to make my own dressing). Your recipe seems simple enough, I’ll have to try it soon! Oh did I mention that I only found out what arugula was when I went to Europe? I kept seeing “rocket” salads on the menu, and I could not figure out what this amazing ingredient was and why it wasn’t available in the US. 😛

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  43. Good Morning Nami!! Your husband has it right, arugula is fabulous. I have a similar story. Years ago I had seen arugula and while I like salads, I’m not so adventurous in trying greens (I still can’t get into kale). One day though, I was with friends who had ordered a cheese plate, and on the side rested some oiled greens. Thinking my nutrition could use a boost, I tried one of the greens and the peppery bite lit up my mouth! I cleaned that plate and decided I needed to figure out what the oil was that made the green so good. Fast forward, and I know it’s the arugula that brings that awesome flavor, and this salad serves perfectly to highlight it. Lemon and cheese, perfect compliments!! He’s on to something!

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  46. What a beautiful simple salad, Nami. Parmesan goes perfectly well with arugula. I have arugula quite often, but usually I mix it with other leaves. I grow it on my balcony. It grows quickly and easily like weed 😉
    By the way, I am preparing your salted salmon for my husband (he is the salmon fan at home). I cross my fingers! I will tell you how it ended up and if it works I will try it with other fish this time for me 😉

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  47. Shen must have really like that salad to come home and make it for you! Our men are definitely motivated by their stomachs. 🙂 Bobby does the same thing sometimes. He saw a recipe the other day that look really good to him so he made it for me last night. It was delicious as well. In fact this wonderful arugula salad would have been a great side for it. I love the simplicity of this salad and I can taste the peppery arugula with the Parmesan. Sounds and looks wonderful!

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  49. Kathi

    Haven’t tried any of the dressings (yet); but I made this super easy arugula salad of yours today & it’s a hit (of course). Way to use my plethora of lemons from my lovely lemon tree! Thank you!

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  53. guillaume

    Hi, I’m pretty disappointed by this recipe, wich is excellent but personnaly I’m looking for “new” recipe and this is a pretty common already seen. Doesn’t educate them.
    And I’ll love to learn new recipe

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    • Thank you for your feedback, Guillaume! This blog is somewhere I keep a collection of my family’s favorite recipes (read more in my About page) with focus on simple and tasty recipes. A lot of readers from different parts of world (including Japan) are not familiar with using arugula in cooking and I believe it’s worth the share since it’s easy and delicious. 🙂

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  57. refreshing salad with kick’in dressing sounds perfect fot my brunch snacking…

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  62. Asami

    In Germany we call arugula/rocket rucola, reading English recipes calling for rocket confused me at first. I love to top my rucola sald with toasted pine nuts/sunflowers seeds.

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  68. We had arrugula with semi-dried tomatoes the night before and so had a bunch of arrugula leftover. It was way too bitter! But then I chopped up two of the tomatoes and added them to this recipe and it was divine! Thanks so much for such a simple yet delicious recipe! We used Himalayan sea salt and it was amazing! The salt/parmesan helps cover the bitter taste a lot!
    Catt xxx

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