Spicy Mexican Slaw with Lime and Cilantro

(from kylerhea’s recipe box)

This salad will keep well overnight in the refrigerator, but the lime juice will cause the red cabbage to bleed color and turn the salad slightly pink. If you’re making extra you might want to use all green cabbage, although I didn’t mind the pink color at all when I ate the leftovers!

Source: Kalyn's Kitchen

Serves 4 people

Categories: Cabbage, March2012, SBF, Salads, Tex-Mex

Ingredients

  • 4 cups thinly sliced green cabbage
  • 2 cups thinly sliced red cabbage
  • (You can use all green or all red cabbage.)
  • 2 green onions, thinly sliced
  • 1/2 cup chopped cilantro (or more)
  • 4 T mayo
  • 3 T fresh lime juice (more or less to taste)
  • hot sauce to taste (I used about 1/2 tsp. green Tabasco sauce when I first made this, but lately I've been using Sriracha sauce)
  • salt to taste (I used Vege-Sal)

Directions

  1. Instructions:

  2. Thinly slice cabbage, using a mandoline or food processor if desired. Slice green onions, and wash, dry and chop cilantro. (I use a Mini salad spinner to wash herbs and spin them dry.) Combine cabbage, green onions and cilantro in large salad bowl.

  3. In small bowl, whisk together, mayo, lime juice, and hot sauce. (You may want to start with less than the full amount of lime juice and hot sauce and keep adding until you have the desired blend of sour/hot flavor.)

  4. Use a wooden spoon to mix dressing into cabbage mixture. Season to taste with salt and serve immediately, or chill for a few hours.

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