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One Spicy Slaw

The crisp crunchiness of coleslaw is a wonderful thing especially with chicken; however, this pairs so well with pulled pork, hamburgers and hot dogs and a lot of other things for that matter!  You can serve it with almost anything.

This version leans toward the tangy spicy side, flavored with a vinegar dressing instead of a mayonnaise-based dressing.  The recipe calls for one tablespoon of brown sugar which I think really makes it too sweet since the ketchup seems to sweeten it just fine.  So add the brown sugar, or not, depending upon your taste. 

I have a passion for a good slaw and this is one of the best with me eating up more than my share of it!  How about you, do you have a passion for coleslaw?

Spicy Coleslaw

Ingredients:

1 small head green cabbage, finely chopped
1 small onion, chopped

1/3 cup cider vinegar

¼ cup plus 1 tablespoon water

2 tablespoons plus 1½ teaspoons ketchup

1 tablespoon brown sugar or to taste

1½ teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon red pepper flakes, or to taste

½ teaspoon freshly ground white pepper

Method:

Place cabbage and onion in a large bowl, set aside.

Combine vinegar, water, ketchup, brown sugar, salt, red pepper flakes and ground pepper in a non-reactive medium bowl.

Whisk until sugar and salt dissolve.

Taste for seasoning, stir into cabbage.

Let stand 10 minutes.

Cover, refrigerate until ready to serve.

 Cole slaw ~  the quintessential barbecue side dish!  Yum!

This entry was posted on Friday, December 16, 2011 at 5:24 AM and is filed under Cabbage, Onions, Salad dressings/Vinaigrettes, Salads, Slaw. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response.