Asian Cabbage Slaw
This delicious healthful salad recipe, with its zesty flavoursome dressing, is so quick and simple to prepare; perfect for these warm summer evenings or to take to a picnic or barbecue.
Ingredients
Cabbage
- 1/4 Large Cabbage Red or white
- 1 Cup Coriander Leaves Chopped
- 1 Cup Mint Leaves Chopped
- 1 Small Red Onion Finely sliced
- 1 Long Red Chili Finely sliced, optional
- 6 Lime Leaves Centre ribs removed and finely sliced
Dressing
- 4 Tbsp Lime juice
- 3 Tbsp Fish Sauce
- 2 Tsp Sesame Oil
- 1 Tbsp Coconut Oil Melted
- 1 Tbsp Coconut Sugar Or rice syrup
- 1 Small Red Chili Diced
Instructions
- Finely shave the cabbage. The best and easiest way to do this is with a mandolin, but if you don't have one use a large sharp knife and slice the cabbage very finely.
- Make the dressing by mixing all the ingredients together, and then taste. It should have a lovely balance of spicy, salty, sweet and sour flavours. Adjust if necessary by adding more lime juice, coconut sugar, chilli or fish sauce.
- Toss the cabbage, herbs, onion, chilli and lime leaves with the dressing, and then serve.
Notes
Optional Ideas:
- Add 2 tsp of grated ginger to the dressing.
- Toss some poached shredded chicken breast through the salad.
- Add some grated carrot, finely sliced red capsicums or sliced shallots.
- Sprinkle over some sesame seeds, toasted dried coconut, or chopped macadamias.
- To make this salad vegetarian and vegan replace the fish sauce with Braggs Liquid Aminos, coconut aminos, tamari or shoyu.
- Try adding a handful of sprouts; bean sprouts would be particularly good.