Honestly this is just like, the lightest, freshest thing you have ever tasted. And then with some zip and spice too. It’s good as is for a side or lunch serving. BUT I CAN’T HELP MYSELF and often shred up some slow cooker chicken teriyaki which makes me like this even more. This recipe uses a really neat way to make the onion and carrot feel sweet and tart like they’re pickled, but in a really short amount of time. Just some sugar, vinegar, a dash of salt, and boiling water.
It takes like three minutes to get it going and you have tasty pickled onion and carrot in like zero seconds, while you’re making everything else.
Asian Slaw Salad
Serves five to six
1 cup water
3 carrots
1 onion, sliced thinly
1/4 cup sugar
1 cup and 2 tablespoons rice vinegar, divided
A dash of salt
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon sesame oil
3 teaspoons sriracha
5 cups napa cabbage, sliced thinly
2 cucumbers, quarter and sliced thinly
1 tablespoon sesame seeds
1 jalapeno, sliced thinly
1/2 cup cilantro
1 batch slow cooker chicken teriyaki (optional)
Bring 1 cup of water to boil. Spiralize carrot or peel into ribbons using a vegetable peeler. Place onions and carrots in a bowl with boiling water, sugar, 1 cup rice vinegar, and salt. Set aside for 30 minutes.
Whisk together soy sauce, sriracha, sesame oil, 2 tablespoons rice vinegar.
Toss cabbage, cucumbers, sesame seeds, jalapeno, cilantro, carrots, and onion in dressing.
- 1 cup water
- 3 carrots
- 1 onion, sliced thinly
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 cup and 2 tablespoons rice vinegar, divided
- A dash of salt
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 3 teaspoons sriracha
- 5 cups napa cabbage, sliced thinly
- 2 cucumbers, quarter and sliced thinly
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
- 1 jalapeno, sliced thinly
- ½ cup cilantro
- 1 batch slow cooker chicken teriyaki (optional)
- Bring 1 cup of water to boil. Spiralize carrot or peel into ribbons using a vegetable peeler. Place onions and carrots in a bowl with boiling water, sugar, 1 cup rice vinegar, and salt. Set aside for 30 minutes.
- Whisk together soy sauce, sriracha, sesame oil, 2 tablespoons rice vinegar.
- Toss cabbage, cucumbers, sesame seeds, jalapeno, cilantro, carrots, and onion in dressing.
Adapted from A Cup of Jo.