Taco Slaw – wonderful 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 obligation – good hit of greens (cabbage wilts a lot!), juicy sufficient to fill the position 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 assumed it might make sense to publish it as a separate put up. It’s really 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 might 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 quite 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 can be items of proteins like Crunchy Hen Taco Fingers, Fish Tacos, Chipotle Prawn Tacos, Baja Fish Tacos, Grilled Hen for Tacos and so forth. quite than saucy / shredded issues (an excessive amount of same-same).

With this Taco Slaw, it offers 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 in the present day’s Hen Taco Fingers, I simply used a drizzle of sriracha and within the Prawn Tacos pictured under, it’s my easy pink sauce which is simply sriracha plus bitter cream.

You may as well serve this Taco Slaw as a facet salad, like common slaw!

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

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.Preferrred for issues like Crunchy Hen Taco Fingers, Fish Tacos, Chipotle Prawn Tacos, Baja Fish Tacos, Grilled Hen for Tacos (ie items of protein) quite than issues which can be shredded and saucy (too same-same). You may as well serve it as a facet salad, like common slaw!

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Directions

• Combine the dressing elements in a big bowl.

• Toss – Add the Slaw elements then toss properly with palms or tongs.

• Put aside for no 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.
Diet per taco, assuming 16 tacos.

Diet Info:

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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