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Apple Salad in a white bowl.

Apple Salad

Course: Salad
Cuisine: Japanese
Keyword: apple, apple celery salad
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 6
Author: Nami
I used Myer lemon this time since my friend gave me a lot of organic Myer lemons from her backyard.  It was sweet and really juicy, which added a nice final touch to the salad.
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Ingredients

  • 4 Fuji apples
  • 2-3 stalks celery
  • ⅓ cup raisins

Dressing:

  • 6 Tbsp Japanese mayonnaise (See Note for substitute)
  • 1 cup plain yogurt
  • 2 Tbsp Myer lemon juice (or 1 Tbsp lemon juice)
  • 2 Tbsp sugar
  • 1½ Tbsp milk

Instructions

  1. In a medium size bowl, combine all the ingredients for Dressing. Mix well with a whisk.
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  2. Cut round slices of apples in quarters.
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  3. Keep apples in salted water (1 tsp. salt for a big bowl of water) for 1-2 minutes to prevent apples from browning. Drain and dry with paper towels.
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  4. Slice celery into small pieces.
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  5. Add apples, celery, and raisin in the bowl and mix all together. Keep in the fridge till you are ready to serve.
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Recipe Notes

Japanese mayonnaise: Use American mayo and add 2 tsp white vinegar and 1 tsp sugar, whisk until sugar dissolves.

Recipe by Namiko Chen of Just One Cookbook. All images and content on this site are copyright protected. Please do not use my images without my permission. If you’d like to share this recipe on your site, please re-write the recipe in your own words and link to this post as the original source. Thank you.