Description
Asian slaw with creamy peanut dressing is a crunchy Chinese-style coleslaw made with cabbage, colorful vegetables, peanuts, and chow mein noodles. It’s fresh, healthy, and easy to serve as a side dish or light meal.
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 Tbsp rice vinegar
- 8 Tbsp toasted sesame oil
- 3 Tbsp creamy peanut butter
- 3 Tbsp Tamari soy sauce
- 3 Tbsp brown sugar
- 2 cloves garlic, finely minced
- 2 Tbsp finely minced fresh ginger
- 3 ounces dried chow mein noodles, cooked and rinsed
- 3 cups shredded red cabbage
- 3 cups shredded Napa or Savoy cabbage
- 1 medium carrot, shredded
- 1 cup snowpeas, sliced lengthwise
- 1 cup red and yellow bell peppers, thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup sliced water chestnuts
- 1 bunch scallions, thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup minced cilantro
- 1/2 cup peanuts
- 1/4 cup sliced almonds, optional
Instructions
- Step: Blend together the dressing ingredients.
- Step: Toss the cooked noodles with a little bit of the dressing to keep them from sticking together, and then put them into a large mixing bowl along with the rest of the salad ingredients.
- Step: Toss everything together gently with enough dressing to coat well.
- Step: Garnish with sesame seeds and more peanuts.
- Step: Refrigerate until serving.
Notes
The salad can be made a few hours ahead, but is best the day it is made. It will last a day or two in the fridge for leftovers.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Salad
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: Asian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 306 kcal
- Sugar: 21 g
- Sodium: 475 mg
- Fat: 14 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 12 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 42 g
- Fiber: 14 g
- Protein: 11 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
Keywords: Asian, healthy, salad, slaw, vegan, vegetarian