Quick and Easy Coleslaw

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Quick and Easy Coleslaw is full of tasty goodness, with the perfect blend of sweet and sour. It’s consistently amazing and goes well with so many dishes. What’s even better is that the food processor does most of the work.

Why You Should Make This Recipe

If you want a super quick and easy salad, you should definitely make this recipe.

Versatile: Coleslaw is a perfect side dish for your barbecue or fish fry. In fact, I made the coleslaw to go with my Easy Instant Pot Pulled Pork. Double Yum!

Make Ahead: This recipe takes minutes to make and can be refrigerated for later on when your meal is ready.

Inexpensive: The ingredients needed to make this awesome recipe are inexpensive and readily available at your supermarket.

Leftovers: The taste of this coleslaw improves as the flavors meld together. Therefore, leftovers are just as good, if not better the next day.

What You’ll Need For This Recipe

This recipe uses ingredients that you probably already have on hand.

The Coleslaw Dressing: For the coleslaw dressing, you’ll need mayonnaise, granulated sugar, apple cider vinegar, dry mustard, Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper.

The Vegetables: For the vegetables, you’ll need cabbage, carrots, celery and onions.

This Is How To Make the Coleslaw Dressing

The coleslaw dressing is quick and easy to make.

All you need to do is to whisk together the mayonnaise, sugar, vinegar, dry mustard, salt and pepper. I usually do this in a measuring cup to make pouring the dressing a bit easier.

Whisking together ingredients for coleslaw dressing.

This Is How To Make The Coleslaw

Once the coleslaw dressing is made, it’s time to put the coleslaw together.

First, you’ll need to shred the cabbage, carrots, celery and onions. I like to use my food processor to do this. You could also use a box grater if you don’t have a food processor.

Then, you’ll need to transfer the shredded vegetables to a large bowl.

Transferring shredded vegetables to large bowl.

Next, pour the coleslaw dressing on the shredded vegetables.

Pouring coleslaw dressing on shredded vegetables.

Once you’ve poured the dressing on the shredded vegetables, all you need to do is to stir everything together.

Mixing the dressing with the vegetables.

Once the vegetables are well coated with the dressing, cover and refrigerate the coleslaw.

After a couple of hours in the refrigerator, the flavors will have melded together, and you’ll have an amazing Quick and Easy Coleslaw. Yum!

Frequently Asked Questions

What type of cabbage is used in this recipe?

Basic green cabbage is used in this recipe.

Can this coleslaw be made with red cabbage?

Red cabbage is both delicious and striking in this recipe. You can use only red cabbage or a combination of red and green cabbage.

What is the taste of the dressing used in this recipe?

The coleslaw dressing in this recipe is creamy and a combination of sweet and tart. The sweet is provided by the sugar and the tart is provided by the apple cider vinegar.

Why is this dish called coleslaw?

One source suggests that the term coleslaw comes from the Dutch expressing “koosla” which means cabbage salad.

How long can coleslaw be kept.

If covered and refrigerated, coleslaw will retain its crunch and be good for 3 to 4 days.

Is this recipe like KFC coleslaw?

This coleslaw is somewhat similar to KFC coleslaw but is not a copycat. KFC coleslaw doesn’t include celery and includes less onion. Also, KFC coleslaw tends to be more finely grated. Finally, the dressing ingredients, while similar in taste are not the same.

If you’d prefer a different salad for your barbecue, try my amazing Southern Potato Salad with a Twist.

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This delicious Quick and Easy Coleslaw recipe was first posted on April 1, 2017. The repost includes updated text, new photographs, and a Web Story showing how the coleslaw is made!

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