Aemono is the Japanese term for what?

Aemono literally means “dressed foods”. It is a Japanese cooking term that can refer either to an uncooked sauce used as a salad dressing or to the salad itself made with it.

As a dressing, it’s a thick dressing (often based on puréed tofu) to coat the food items in a salad.

When used to refer to the entire salad itself, it’s a small salad often made of seasonal items with a dressing.

The salad can be served: before or after a meal; as a side dish to highlight the taste of the main dish; occasionally, as a main dish.

Aemono is different from “Sunomono” in that Sunomono is a salad served with a thin dressing.

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Howard Groopman

A picture is worth 1000 hints

Elsy O. Stromberg

Mark G. Feeney, Does that picture look like a salad to you?

Mark G. Feeney

Always look at the picture

Morton Bartlett

Denise Currie, Actually this is stated in explanation Aemono literally means “dressed foods

Morton Bartlett

Kat, Actually this is stated in explanation

Richard G Schwartz

The Japenese take their salad dressings very seriously don't they?

Mic Fenst

My short time in Japan, I never heard that term used for a salad.

Fred Keogh

Would a Japanese chef in a Japanese restaurant be insulted if I turned down raw fish? Even the thought of it makes me feel a little sick.

Kat

Actually, this can be a main course. "A Japanese term used to describe foods that are mixed with a traditional puréed tofu dressing that complements the ingredients. It may be a main dish having a dressing similar to a salad dressing, or it may apply to an appetizer in which the dressing may appear as a sauce."