Fennel Salad Dressing

Name: Fennel Salad Dressing
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: about ½ cup (120 ml)
Cuisine: French Classic
Ingredients: 3 tbsp lemon juice (45 ml) Lemon Juice; ¼ cup EVOO (60 ml) Olive Oil; about 1 shallot (40 g) Shallot

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Melissa King recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Melissa King.

DRESSING · FENNEL & SHAVED VEGETABLE SALADS

In the published recipe, this is the dressing for Top Chef winning menu. The same recipe pairs it with Fermented Black Bean Sauce, the black bean sauce.

King's simple lemon vinaigrette for a fennel salad.

On the jar

FENNEL SALAD

Method: shake
Yield: about ½ cup
Ingredients: 3
Jar batch: 2.45× recipe

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Ratio

OLIVE OIL 60 mlLEMON JUICE 45 ml

Ingredients

Lemon Juice3 tbsp lemon juice (45 ml)
Olive Oil¼ cup EVOO (60 ml)
Shallotabout 1 shallot (40 g)

Method

Pour to the lines in order (bottom → top): OLIVE OIL, LEMON JUICE.
Add by count: 2½ SHALLOTS.
Cap the jar and shake until emulsified.

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Provenance

Melissa King is a cookbook author working in Chinese-American / Top Chef; recognized with James Beard Book Award 2026 (Cook Like a King).

Originally published as Fennel Salad Dressing (lemon–EVOO).

Adapted from a Melissa King recipe (Melissa King / Bravo (Top Chef winning menu)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

Yes. Its liquids pour to printed fill-lines, so it can be one of the sauces on a PantryFlex jar.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). A PantryFlex jar makes a 2.45× batch of it. The jar's printed lines, counts, and QR guide are already scaled to match, so follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Melissa King / Bravo (Top Chef winning menu) (published as “Fennel Salad Dressing (lemon–EVOO)”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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