Taco Slaw – glorious for tacos!

Taco Slaw is a slaw designed for stuffing in tacos. With a limey bitter cream primarily based dressing, it’s a private favorite as a result of it pairs so properly with Mexican flavours and does triple responsibility – good hit of greens (cabbage wilts a lot!), juicy sufficient to fill the function of a sauce/salsa (ie much less taco fixings to make), and makes a pleasant floppy mattress for taco fillings to nestle in.

Taco Slaw

I discover myself suggesting this Taco Slaw to make use of in tacos so commonly, I believed it could make sense to publish it as a separate submit. It’s truly buried in a few recipes right here on my web site and in each my cookbooks, however I’m pondering particularly of myself right here that it could be helpful to have as a separate recipe, for ease of discovering it.

So right here it’s! Suppose – common Coleslaw, however lighter as a result of the dressing is usually made with bitter cream moderately than mayonnaise, and there’s a beautiful lime flavour to it that provides freshness and is a pure pairing for Mexican meals flavours.

What to make use of this Taco Slaw for

Use it with taco fillings which might be items of proteins like Crunchy Hen Taco Fingers, Fish Tacos, Chipotle Prawn Tacos, Baja Fish Tacos, Grilled Hen for Tacos and so on. moderately than saucy / shredded issues (an excessive amount of same-same).

With this Taco Slaw, it supplies a unbelievable mixture of crunch in addition to “juiciness” so you actually don’t have to go to a lot effort for different topping (like Pico de Gallo or Guacamole) as a result of the taco will get too messy and too “moist”. For instance, in right this moment’s Hen Taco Fingers, I simply used a drizzle of sriracha and within the Prawn Tacos pictured beneath, it’s my easy pink sauce which is simply sriracha plus bitter cream.

You too can serve this Taco Slaw as a aspect salad, like common slaw!

No video for this one, being a fast and easy aspect.

Take pleasure in! – Nagi x

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Taco Slaw

Writer: Nagi

Prep: 15 minutes minutes

Marinating + Slaw Wilting:: 1 hour hr

Mains

Mexican

Servings12 – 16 tacos

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A slaw designed to be used in tacos. A limey bitter cream dressing that does so properly with Mexican flavours, little bit of crunch from the cabbage with signature slaw “juiciness” which acts like a sauce so that you needn’t trouble with a salsa or taco sauce.Splendid for issues like Crunchy Hen Taco Fingers, Fish Tacos, Chipotle Prawn Tacos, Baja Fish Tacos, Grilled Hen for Tacos (ie items of protein) moderately than issues which might be shredded and saucy (too same-same). You too can serve it as a aspect salad, like common slaw!

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Directions

• Combine the dressing substances in a big bowl.

• Toss – Add the Slaw substances then toss properly with fingers or tongs.

• Put aside for not less than 1 hour till the cabbage turns into wilted and floppy. Toss once more then use in tacos!

Recipe Notes:

Makes sufficient for 12 – 16 tacos. Retains 3 days within the fridge, although the dressing will skinny out a bit because it extracts extra water from the cabbage.
Vitamin per taco, assuming 16 tacos.

Vitamin Data:

Energy: 31cal (2%)Carbohydrates: 3g (1%)Protein: 1g (2%)Fats: 2g (3%)Saturated Fats: 1g (6%)Polyunsaturated Fats: 0.5gMonounsaturated Fats: 0.5gTrans Fats: 0.002gLdl cholesterol: 5mg (2%)Sodium: 88mg (4%)Potassium: 85mg (2%)Fiber: 1g (4%)Sugar: 1g (1%)Vitamin A: 141IU (3%)Vitamin C: 14mg (17%)Calcium: 26mg (3%)Iron: 0.3mg (2%)

Key phrases: prawn taco, shrimp taco

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