Simple Cilantro-Lime Coleslaw (for Tacos or Side Salad)

This cilantro lime coleslaw recipe is the right crunchy topping for tacos, sandwiches, or a wholesome facet dish. Made with crimson/purple and inexperienced cabbage, inexperienced onions, recent cilantro after which topped with a recent lime juice and olive oil French dressing. It’s crunchy, tangy, and simple to make!

Prime recipes to get pleasure from with this simple slaw…

• Slow-Cooker Chicken Fajitas
• Ground Beef Tacos
• Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas
• Instant Pot Black Bean Soup
• Cheesy Ground Beef Quesadillas

This Recipe Begins With Straightforward-to-Discover Grocery Retailer Components 

Coleslaw Components 

• 1 1/2 cups shredded inexperienced cabbage
• 1 1/2 cups shredded crimson/purple cabbage
• 1 cup shredded carrots
• 1/2 cup chopped recent cilantro (how to store cilantro for freshness)
• 1/2 cup sliced inexperienced onions (how to store green onions for freshness)
• (optionally available)1-2 diced recent jalapeno peppers (for spice)

Coleslaw Dressing Components 

• 1/4 cup additional virgin olive oil
• 1 lime, juiced (optionally available: add lime zest by grating 1/2 the rind for a lot taste) 
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 garlic clove, minced (or 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder)
• (optionally available) 1/4 teaspoon crimson pepper flakes
• 1/8 teaspoon salt, or to style

Ingredient Substitutions

• Vinegar As an alternative of Lime Juice: Whereas lime is a important a part of this recipe and provides the slaw a recent taste, simply substitute the lime juice for vinegar. Pink wine vinegar, white wine vinegar, and apple cider vinegar are the most effective.
• Use One Kind of Cabbage: As an alternative of utilizing a mixture of inexperienced and crimson/purple cabbage, use all inexperienced cabbage, or all crimson/purple cabbage. This doesn’t change the flavour, simply the visible look.
• Bag of Coleslaw Combine: Chopping a head of cabbage is probably the most time-consuming a part of this simple coleslaw recipe. As an alternative, buy bagged coleslaw combine. If the bag of coleslaw comes with a dressing, discard it. All you want is the crunchy cabbage slaw, which normally consists of inexperienced and purple/crimson cabbage and carrots. Add your individual cilantro and inexperienced onions. 
• Creamy Cilantro-Lime Coleslaw Dressing: This slaw is made with a French dressing dressing, however you may simply substitute this selection to make a creamy cilantro lime coleslaw. Mix the next in a small bowl: 1/4 cup mayo, 1/4 cup bitter cream, 1 lime (juiced and the rind zested), 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, 1/4 teaspoon cumin. Toss with the coleslaw components and refrigerate till able to get pleasure from. 

​Step By Step Directions (With Recipe Video & Photographs)

Step By Step Directions

• Step 1 Mix the Coleslaw Components: In a big bowl, mix the shredded cabbage, shredded carrots, chopped cilantro, and sliced inexperienced onions.
• Step 2 Mix the Dressing Components: In a small bowl or jar, whisk collectively the olive oil, lime juice, honey, minced garlic, crimson pepper flakes, and salt. Pour as a lot dressing over the coleslaw as desired. The dressing can also be scrumptious over a inexperienced salad when you have have leftovers.
• Step 3 Mix the Coleslaw and Dressing: Toss the coleslaw and dressing collectively. Serve immeadiately or retailer within the fridge for as much as 1-2 days.

The way to Retailer

• For the most effective texture, refrigerate in an hermetic container and use the slaw inside 1-2 days.
• Because the slaw sits within the fridge (coated within the dressing), the crunchy texture of the cabbage will break down, leading to a soggy coleslaw. There isn’t a approach round this.
• Do NOT freeze. 

Make-Forward Directions

• Mix the dry coleslaw components (cabbage, carrots, onions, cilantro) and retailer in an hermetic container within the fridge. 
• Whisk the do-it-yourself dressing components in a separate hermetic container and retailer within the fridge. 
• Retailer the coleslaw and tangy dressing individually, within the fridge, till prepared to mix and luxuriate in. 

What to Serve With This Wholesome Recipe 

• Good Facet Dish: Serve on the facet of your favourite protein: pork chops, grilled chicken, steak, salmon, stuffed buffalo chicken peppers, or stuffed ground beef peppers.
• Taco Slaw: Prime a flour tortilla (or homemade corn tortillas) with ground beef, shrimp, fish, or rooster. Then add slaw on prime. Or prime on a cheesy quesadilla.
• Sandwich Slaw: Prime a bun with shredded meat or grilled chicken, then add slaw on prime.