A simple healthy recipe for Asian Slaw – easy and crunchy, this vegan slaw can be made ahead and is delicious alongside fish, tofu, or chicken or stuffed into tacos, topped onto burgers, or added to buddha bowls. A great way to add more veggies into your everyday meals.
To be fully alive, fully human and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. To live fully is to be always in no-man’s land, to experience each moment as completely new and fresh. To live is to be willing to die over and over again. ~Pema
In the next few weeks, beautiful farmers market cabbages will start rolling out if they haven’t already in your area. And when they do, I want you to be prepared! Excited even!
You’ll find a million uses for this easy, crunchy Asian Slaw recipe. A wonderful excuse to purchase one of those stunning cabbages at the farmers market. It’s also a fantastic way to use up all the stray veggies in the fridge- that remaining half cabbage, the stray carrot or parsnip, or the leftover bell pepper. If you are a part of a CSA or shop at the farmers market, many of the veggies you’ll find there can be added to this slaw – like kohlrabi, turnips, beets, or brussels sprouts. Such an easy useful way to add more healthy veggies into our everyday diet.
WATCH THE ASIAN SLAW VIDEO HERE!
And if short on time, many mainstream grocery stores offer a plethora of different gourmet slaw mixes, that are perfect for this too- brussel sprouts slaw, broccoli slaw, carrot slaw… you get the idea. It’s a basic recipe designed to be used as a base for your own creations.
What I love about this easy Asian Slaw is, if I’m in a hurry, I know I can grab a bag of slaw mix from the grocery store, and whip this up in 10 minutes. I’ll throw in some stray veggies if I have them and serve it as a quick healthy side, most often with fish or seared tofu. Oh, and I love the Asian slaw with these easy Salmon Cakes! The leftover slaw stays crunchy and seems to get better with time.
The Asian Slaw Dressing is the best! Not only is it made with accessible ingredients you most likely have in your pantry, it seems to have the right balance of sweet, tart and depth with just a little heat. And of course you can personalize it even further to your own tastes.
For more Make-Ahead Vegan Salads…. take a peek at these!
Hope you are having a great week, finding the beauty in what surrounds you. Even if it is simply in the face of a cabbage, a beautiful, giant edible flower full of healing nutrients.
xoxo
Easy Crunchy Asian Slaw ( with the BEST Asian Dressing!)
Easy Crunchy Asian Slaw- a simple vegan slaw with the BEST SLAW DRESSING EVER that can be made ahead! Serve this alongside fish, tofu, or chicken or stuffed into tacos, topped onto burgers, or added to buddha bowls. A great way to add more veggies into your everyday meals. #slaw #asianslaw #veganslaw #easyslaw #tacoslaw
- Prep Time: 20
- Total Time: 20
- Yield: 6 1x
- Category: Salad, vegan, slaw, dressing
- Method: tossed
- Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients
- 1 lb shredded veggies (your choice of cabbage, carrots, bell pepper, snow peas, broccoli slaw, brussel sprouts, etc) roughly 6-7 cups.
- 3 scallions, sliced
- 1 cup cilantro ( or Italian parsley or mint) chopped
Asian Slaw Dressing:
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
- ¼ cup rice wine vinegar
- 3 tablespoons brown rice syrup, agave or honey
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce (or GF alternative like Braggs or Coconut Aminos)
- 1 garlic clove, finely minced ( use a garlic press)
- 1 tablespoon ginger, finely chopped
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon chili flakes or chili paste ( optional)
Optional toppings:
- Toasted sesame seeds
- roasted, crushed peanuts or cashews
Instructions
- Toss slaw ingredients together in a large bowl. Add cilantro and scallions.
- Whisk Asian Slaw Dressing ingredients together in a small bowl.
- Pour dressing into slaw and toss well.
- Garnish with sesame seeds and/ or nuts.
Notes
- Salad will keep up to 3-4 days in the fridge.
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Hi Sylvia,
I am a french reader,I find your blog really inspiring! I have already made a lot of recipes and they are always perfect! Thank you so much!
I have a question, do you have a recipe for the salmon cakes? or they are store-bought?
Yes, I just put in the link and here it is! Simple Salmon Cakes
Delicious!!
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Divine! I added a bit of long thread coconut to the sesame seeds before toasting and added to the topping…. yum!
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A super healthy and very tasty salad. Enjoyed by the whole family.
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Thanks so much Catherine, glad you enjoyed it!
I really liked this recipe. The dressing was spot on. I also made peanut sauce for those who might like that as an option. I made a huge batch of this so we had leftovers for days. I repurposed the veggies for stir fry and they worked great.
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Simple, tasty, beautiful colors. Makes a perfect weekday lunch!
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Love this recipe – so crisp and fresh! And because anything including ginger gets a thumbs up from me, the dressing adds a delicious finishing touch…Yum!
So glad you like it Tania! Great to hear!
This is one of my favorite asian salad dressings.
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I wanted a fresh healthy slaw recipe and after quite a bit of looking stumbled upon this fantastic blog. I made this for a large gathering and it was fantastic and very well received. Thank you for this recipe and the beautiful blog. I now have a new go to place for fresh and delicious meals.
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I added a little Asian Hot Mustard for a bit more pep and it was fabulous! Thanks for the recipe.
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Sounds good!
Tried this recipe and loved the dressing!
Easy and quick to make 🙂
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Awesome- thanks and glad you liked it!
I made the Asian Slaw yesterday and we it was very good. The dressing was the best that I have had.
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Easy and delicious!
Love all your recipes.
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Thanks Deb!
I love this recipe. The sauce makes it..deelicious!!!!
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A number of years ago I had a recipe for Asian slaw with a wonderful dressing but unfortunately misplaced it. I was also disappointed in any other Asian slaw recipe I came across. Until your recipe. The colors in this slaw are so pretty and the dressing is amazing! Thank you!
Just made it and it’s delicious. Think it will only get better as it marinates. Yum.
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Great crowd pleaser for our July 4 bbq. Equally loved by our vegan, carnivorous and coconut allergic guests.
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