This simple yet delicious recipe for Asian Coleslaw With Peanut Butter Dressing is the perfect vegan, Mediterranean diet, and gluten-free salad recipe.
Shredded Carrots- 2 cups shredded. That is about four average sized carrots.
Shredded Cabbage- 7 cups. Use a mix of green cabbagered cabbage, and napa cabbage if possible.
Bagged Slaw or shredded carrots and cabbage- 16 ounces. Note that this is an alternative to the last two ingredients. If you choose to use the bagged versionomit the last two ingredients.
Peanut butter– ⅓ cupsmooth. Organic Peanut Butter or sugar free peanut butter are okay to use.
Rice Vinegar– ¼ cup tablespoons. You can alternatively use white wine vinegar.
Sugar– 1 tablespoon. You can sub in an alternative such as honey in this recipe.
Soy Sauce– 1 teaspoon.
Sesame Oil– 1 tablespoon.
Ground Ginger– 1 teaspoon
Cilantro- â…“ cup chopped.
Optional- seeds such as chia or sesame
Instructions
Prepare your shredded vegetables (carrots and cabbage or bagged slaw product, not cilantro) in a large salad serving bowl.
Next, in a small or medium mixing bowl, whisk together the peanut butter, vinegar, sugar, soy sauce, sesame oil, and ground ginger.
Pour half of the dressing over the cabbage and carrots. Toss the cabbage and carrots with the mixture and add the remaining as needed while tossing.
Sprinkle in the cilantro.
Refrigerate the coleslaw for at least an hour.
Do not leave this in the refrigerator for longer than 24 hours. Top with optional seeds before serving.
Recipe Notes
The hack that I mentioned is to make this salad recipe even easier by using a bagged slaw product instead of preparing the cabbage and carrots yourself. However, you can alternatively slice up your own carrot and cabbage for this recipe.I also mentioned that this recipe calls for sugar in the dressing. However, you can substitute honey, a sugar alternative, or simply rely upon the sweetener used in the peanut butter instead. If you are daring enough, you can experiment with adding a bit of a jolt to your dressing if you are looking for something different. Hot mustard or a bit of Tobasco could do the trick!
originally posted:
April 9, 2020
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