Southwestern Coleslaw (No Dairy)

"From a local publication via The Kansas City Star and slightly rearranged by me. For convenience, use a package of shredded coleslaw mix but be sure it's fresh and good quality. To make this a main dish, add cubed and grilled chicken or turkey, hard boiled egg, tempeh, etc."
 
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Ready In:
20mins
Ingredients:
15
Serves:
8
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ingredients

  • 1 head white cabbage, cored and shredded
  • 1 cup red cabbage, shredded
  • 2 small carrots, shredded
  • 1 cup cooked black beans (if using canned beans rinse well and drain)
  • 14 cup chopped fresh cilantro (*fresh* only!)
  • 1 medium tomatoes, seeded and diced
  • 12 medium red onion, diced small
  • 1 jalapeno, seeded and minced (for less heat use a milder variety of chili or green bell pepper)
  • Dressing

  • 12 cup fresh lime juice
  • 2 tablespoons unseasoned rice vinegar (I used brown rice vinegar)
  • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 12 teaspoon ground cumin (I used 1/2 teaspoon toasted cumin seeds, lightly crushed)
  • 1 small pinch dried chipotle powder (optional and my addition)
  • Garnish

  • 1 avocado (pitted, peeled and sliced or diced)
  • 3 tablespoons pepitas, toasted (optional)
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directions

  • Combine white and red cabbage and the carrots (or coleslaw mix), black beans, cilantro, tomato, red onion and jalapeño in a large salad bowl.
  • Whisk together dressing ingredients in small non-reactive bowl. Pour over coleslaw and toss gently.
  • Serve immediately or cover and refrigerate for a few hours until chilled.
  • When ready to serve, slice up the avocados, drizzle with some lime juice to stop the avocado from browning and arrange on top of the coleslaw.
  • Optional: If desired, scatter pepitas on top [just] before serving.
  • Yield 8 (1 cup) servings.

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Reviews

  1. This was delicious, Cookgirl. I served it with Recipe #48454, and it was a great side dish. I loved the refreshing touch that the lime juice, cilantro and tomatoes gave to this great dish. I didn't make any alterations (except my local market didn't have red cabbage so I had to use all green cabbage), but next time I would be inclined to double the dressing because it really is what gives this coleslaw a Southwestern flair...so why not more, I say. I'm so happy I made this recipe for the ongoing Spain & Portugal tag game.
     
  2. Great tasting coleslaw, I made half the batch and that was plenty for a BBQ side dish. I think you need all the parts to really make this work, right down to the chipotle powder and pumpkin seeds, which ended up being my favourite part. I happened to have a fresh ear of corn going spare so I cut off the kernels and added them in too. I used a bag of shredded cabbage & carrot, which made this really quick to put together. The only thing I found is that I needed to make extra dressing, half the batch of dressing on half the coleslaw didn't go that far.
     
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