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 nicely with Mexican flavours and does triple responsibility – 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 often, I assumed it could make sense to publish it as a separate publish. It’s really buried in a few recipes right here on my web site and in each my cookbooks, however I’m considering particularly of myself right here that it could be useful 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 can be items of proteins like Crunchy Rooster Taco Fingers, Fish Tacos, Chipotle Prawn Tacos, Baja Fish Tacos, Grilled Rooster for Tacos and so forth. moderately than saucy / shredded issues (an excessive amount of same-same).

With this Taco Slaw, it offers a improbable 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 immediately’s Rooster 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 can even 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

Creator: 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 nicely with Mexican flavours, little bit of crunch from the cabbage with signature slaw “juiciness” which acts like a sauce so that you need not trouble with a salsa or taco sauce.Excellent for issues like Crunchy Rooster Taco Fingers, Fish Tacos, Chipotle Prawn Tacos, Baja Fish Tacos, Grilled Rooster for Tacos (ie items of protein) moderately than issues which can be shredded and saucy (too same-same). You can even 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 nicely with palms or tongs.

• Put aside for at the very least 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 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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