If you want to make this from scratch, you would need dried kombu, wakame hearts/stems, and ito-kanten, seasonings like sesame oil, vinegar, sesame seeds, and for that color, green food coloring.
It is available to purchase pre-prepared at many grocery stores that have frozen seafood, not just Japanese ones.
yumeryuu
You can just buy the completed salad at an Asian grocery store
NachoNachoDan
This particular seaweed salad is not one that you can easily replicate at home. You can make a really good seaweed salad from a mix of wakame and dulse or a premixed seaweed salad blend, but this particular seaweed salad is one you buy from a store.
draizetrain
We don’t even bother making this in our kitchen, we buy premade and frozen
In the US at least Costco is selling a big tub of it for like $8 (can’t remember price exactly but was a good deal).
izakayajuraku
This particular style is not super common in Japan, it is called Chinese style in Japan due to the flavor profile being of Chinese influence and I don’t know of a single restaurant that makes this from scratch, rather it is bought in frozen. In Japan kaiso wakame salad is more popular but does not taste anything like this type so if you want those style of seaweed salad id recommend just purchasing it from the supermarket and it is relatively easy to find at most Asian supermarkets.
HandbagHawker
commercially premade. restaurants buy in bulk in big bags. you can buy it from asian grocers in smaller qtys
mrsslkk
Costco sell this too. Tho it’s not cheap
Nomeismytomb
That stuff is full of dyes and sugar and it’s not Japanese.
CodyKyle
Costco carries the Azuma brand
honey-otuu
Spouts usually sells it!
0mousse0
I have found it near the kimchi and other chilled items at Asian groceries and also in the frozen section.
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It’s kuki wakame (as a salad). I bet you can find it at your local asian supermarket.
[Azuma Gourmet Seaweed Salad](https://www.costcobusinessdelivery.com/azuma-gourmet-seaweed-salad%2C-28-oz.product.100240829.html)
It comes already prepared. In Hawai’i it’s called [Ocean Salad](https://www.safeway.com/shop/product-details.970086223.html?productId=970086223&CMPID=organic_swy_all_surf_goo_20220629&psrc=g) but is often labeled as “seaweed salad.” It is sold at most supermarkets, food distributors or at Costco.
If you want to make this from scratch, you would need dried kombu, wakame hearts/stems, and ito-kanten, seasonings like sesame oil, vinegar, sesame seeds, and for that color, green food coloring.
It is available to purchase pre-prepared at many grocery stores that have frozen seafood, not just Japanese ones.
You can just buy the completed salad at an Asian grocery store
This particular seaweed salad is not one that you can easily replicate at home. You can make a really good seaweed salad from a mix of wakame and dulse or a premixed seaweed salad blend, but this particular seaweed salad is one you buy from a store.
We don’t even bother making this in our kitchen, we buy premade and frozen
if you’re in the uk [https://www.thefishsociety.co.uk/products/sesame-seaweed-salad?_pos=1&_psq=seaweed&_ss=e&_v=1.0](https://www.thefishsociety.co.uk/products/sesame-seaweed-salad?_pos=1&_psq=seaweed&_ss=e&_v=1.0)
In the US at least Costco is selling a big tub of it for like $8 (can’t remember price exactly but was a good deal).
This particular style is not super common in Japan, it is called Chinese style in Japan due to the flavor profile being of Chinese influence and I don’t know of a single restaurant that makes this from scratch, rather it is bought in frozen. In Japan kaiso wakame salad is more popular but does not taste anything like this type so if you want those style of seaweed salad id recommend just purchasing it from the supermarket and it is relatively easy to find at most Asian supermarkets.
commercially premade. restaurants buy in bulk in big bags. you can buy it from asian grocers in smaller qtys
Costco sell this too. Tho it’s not cheap
That stuff is full of dyes and sugar and it’s not Japanese.
Costco carries the Azuma brand
Spouts usually sells it!
I have found it near the kimchi and other chilled items at Asian groceries and also in the frozen section.
Costco sells a bag for like 9 bucks