Is it a slaw or is it a salad? OR is it a coleslaw?
We’ve had this discussion before with slaws vs. coleslaws and I will repeat myself, yet again, and say I feel like slaws have an oil/vinegar type dressing where coleslaw dressing has mayonnaise as one of the ingredients. Now whether this is a salad or slaw or coleslaw is another question. Considering it is made up of vegetables I say it can go either way; salad or slaw but not coleslaw because I’ve never made a salad with mayonnaise in it. Of course there are always an exception like potato salad (mayo), chicken salad (mayo) so I guess we are just talking about salads with cabbage as the main ingredient.
So, whether you think of this recipe as a salad, slaw, coleslaw it’s a good summer salad to go along with any cookout you might have.
Mahjong has taken me away from cooking new recipes but this recipe was pretty easy to throw together after an afternoon of playing Mahj. We just threw some fish on the grill and the slaw was our side dish.
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Ingredients for the slaw.
Ingredients for the dressing.
Shred your cabbage and put in a large bowl.
Slice the green onions and add to the cabbage in bowl.
Mix the dressing up. When ready to serve add the thawed edamame to the bowl and add enough dressing to moisten to your liking.
Ramen Noodle Slaw with Edamame
Ingredients
- 2 pkg. dry ramen noodles pork flavor, broken or crushed into small pieces
- 1 c. sliced almonds
- 4 c. thinly sliced green cabbage
- 2-3 c. thinly sliced red cabbage
- 2 c. matchstick carrots
- 10 oz. bag frozen shelled edamame thawed
- 2/3 c. green onions.
- Dressing:
- 1/2 c olive oil
- 1/4 c. rice vinegar
- 1/4 c honey
- 1 Tbsp. peeled and grated fresh ginger
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- 1/2 tsp. toasted sesame oil
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Dressing: In a mixing bowl, whisk together light olive oil, rice vinegar, honey, ginger, galic, sesame oil and season with salt and pepper to taste. Refrigerate while preparing salad ingredients. Add one package of the seasoning out of the ramen to the dressing.
- In preheated 400° oven spread almonds and ramen evenly on a rimmed half sheet pan. Bake about 3-4 minutes then stir and spread over pan again. Bake an additional -4 minutes until golden brown. Cool and set aside.
- In a large bowl add the green and red cabbage, carrots, green onions, thawed edamame. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Before serving stir the dressing and pour over salad and toss well. Add in the almonds and ramen at the last minute and toss well. Serve immediately.
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