How To Make a Chinese Slaw Recipe? Simple Recipe With Clear Instructions

Chinese-style slaw is a vibrant mix of shredded cabbage, carrots, and peppers. Sometimes a tangy sesame soy takes its place in this recipe. Some people use some crunchy ingredients in slaw. Overall, people from almost every corner of the world like slaw.

In today’s recipe, I am going to make slaw. This is a healthy and simple recipe that can be done within 13 minutes. So, without any delay, let’s start the recipe. One request, if you like our recipe, feel free to subscribe to our newsletter. It is completely free.

Chinese Slaw Recipe Overview

Slaw is a kind of salad. It is mainly slicing and mixing of some ingredients and serving them with a dressing. Though the recipe is simple, you need to know some vital information about this recipe. The information is here.

Course: Salad	Cuisine: Chinese		Difficulty: Very Easy
Total Time: 13 Minutes
Serving		Preparation Time	Mixing Time	Calories
2 people		10 Minutes	3 Minutes	150

Equipment Needed For Chinese Slaw Recipe

This is only a mixing and cutting recipe. Here, we will use no cooking, baking, or boiling. So, all we need is a mixing bowl and cutting or chopping items. Here is the list of these kitchen utensils.

• One Chopping Board
• One Knife
• One Kitchen Slicer
• One Kitchen Grater
• One Large Mixing Bowl
• One Small Mixing Bowl
• Measuring Spoons

Chinese Slaw Recipe Ingredients

Here are all the ingredients for the Chinese slaw recipe. I am making slaw for the two of us. So the ingredients are for 2 people. If you are planning to make it more or less, take ingredients in this ratio.

• Green Cabbage: 2 cups (Sliced)
• Red Cabbage: 2 cups (Sliced)
• Carrots: 1 cup (Sliced)
• Onion: ½ pc (of a big size onion)
• Bean Sprouts: 1 cup
• Mint: ½ cup (chopped)
• Coriander: ½ cup (chopped)
• Light Soy Sauce: 2 tbsp
• Fish Sauce: 1 tbsp
• Chili Sauce: 1 tbsp
• Sesame Oil: 1 tbsp
• Ginger: 1 tbsp (Minced)
• Garlic: 1 tbsp (Minced)
• Lemon: ½ pc

Step-by-Step Instructions For Chinese Slaw Recipe

All the ingredients and utensils are ready now. Let’s start with the main part of the recipe. The instructions are described step by step.

Step 1: Prepare The Cabbages

We need two types of cabbage for this recipe. First of all, we will prepare them. Remove the aged layer of cabbage until fresh and tender parts come out. Remove the hard center of the cabbage.

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Now slice the cabbage using a slicer. We need to slice both green and red cabbage. We will only take soft and tender parts of them. The slice size will be around ½ to ⅔ cm wide and 1 to 1.5 inches long.

Step 2: Prepare The Mint And Others

We have a few more ingredients to prepare. Let’s make them ready. First of all, slice the carrot using a slice. In the case of carrots, we will avoid the hard part in the middle. The size will be 1 or 1.5 inches long.

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Take one big-sized onion and slice only half of it using a slicer. You can make it any size. Now take a handful of well-washed mint and coriander and chop them on the chopping board. Combining both, it should be 1 cup.

Step 3: Make the Dressing

Take a small mixing bowl and take soy sauce, sesame oil, ginger, garlic, fish sauce, chili sauce, and other ingredients in the bowl. The garlic and ginger should be minced so that they can mix well with other ingredients. Now mix everything together.

Step 4: Mix Everything

Now we need a large mixing bowl. Take both types of cabbage in the bowl with mint, coriander, onion, carrot, and a handful of bean sprouts. Give a basic mix. 

After a basic mix, pour half of the dressing over the ingredients and give another deep mix. Now it is time to add lemon juice and another half of the dressing. This time we need to give the final mix. 

Mixing is the main part of this recipe. While mixing, ensure that you are not mixing them hard; it can break green ingredients. But ensure that the dressing and other ingredients are mixed well.

Chinese Slaw Recipe Do’s and Don’ts

This is a simple recipe. There are no different parts of this recipe. Also, this recipe has no cooking, frying, or boiling. But yet, there are some scopes to make mistakes. To avoid these mistakes, read the following dos and don’ts.

• Bean sprouts are a crispy ingredient in this recipe. So, while mixing, ensure that they are not breaking. This is important.
• Here all ingredients are green and raw. So, we have to avoid any kind of pressure on them. If you press items like cabbage, there will come some raw juice. It is not expected in the slaw recipe.
• The hard parts of cabbage and carrots have different tastes. That’s why I am avoiding them for this recipe. But don’t throw them away. They are very good ingredients in Indian-style curry.
• Try to select cabbage that is not very aged. Young and tender cabbage will work best. In case of slicing, keep the slice thin. This will ensure good coating with dressing.

FAQs

When you try this recipe at home, you may face some questions about this recipe. Here some possible questions are answered. 

Discussion Recap

Slaw and coleslaw are the same recipe. In my blog, I have a coleslaw recipe with crunchy ramen. If you want to bring variation, you must try that. That was all for today. To get my recipe updated regularly, please subscribe to my newsletter or follow me on Pinterest. That was all for today. Thanks for reading.