Best Spicy Cabbage Salad Recipes

SPICY SHREDDED NAPA CABBAGE SALAD

Steps:

• Combine lemon juice and chile slices in a bowl. Pour in oil in a slow, steady stream, whisking constantly until emulsified. Season with salt and pepper.
• Toss together cabbage, scallions, and cilantro in a large bowl. Just before serving, drizzle with dressing, and season with salt and pepper; toss.

RED CABBAGE SALAD WITH SPICY GRILLED CHICKEN AND PEPITAS

Steps:

• Toast pepitas in a heavy skillet (preferably cast-iron) over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until brown and starting to pop, 2 to 4 minutes; transfer to a plate. Slice kernels off corncobs. Return skillet to medium-high heat. Cook corn, stirring occasionally, until browned, about 5 minutes; transfer to a bowl. Stir in onion. Combine spices and 1 teaspoon salt; stir 1 teaspoon into corn. Season chicken evenly on both sides with remaining 2 teaspoons spice mixture.
• Working in batches, grill cutlets, 2 at a time, in a grill pan over medium-high heat, until browned, 3 to 4 minutes. Flip; reduce heat to medium. Grill until cooked through, about 2 minutes; remove from pan, and slice.
• Toast whole-wheat tortillas, 1 at a time, in grill pan, about 15 seconds per side.
• Toss spinach and cabbage with corn mixture. Toss in pepitas, lime juice, and oil. Divide among 4 plates. Serve with chicken, tortillas, yogurt, and lime wedges.

RED CABBAGE SALAD WITH GRILLED PINEAPPLE IN SPICY SESAME-LIME DR

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine all the dressing ingredients and mix well, Set aside.
• In a small saucepan, melt the butter over very low heat. Add the brown sugar, stir well to combine, and remove from heat. Grill the pineapple rounds over medium-high heat until nicely browned, 2-3 minutes per side. During the last minute of cooking, brush the top sides liberally with the butter-sugar glaze. Remove from the grill and cut each round into eighths.
• In a large bowl, combine the pineapple with the cabbage, carrots, and scallions. Stir the dressing well, add just enough to moisten the ingredients (you will have some dressing left over), toss well and serve.

SPICY CABBAGE SALAD WITH TURKEY AND PEANUTS

Steps:

• Toss cabbage and 1/2 tsp. salt in a large bowl. Massage vigorously with your hands until cabbage begins to release water and soften, about 2 minutes (this will both season and tenderize the leaves). Drain; set aside.
• Mix anchovies, lemon zest, lemon juice, vinegar, soy sauce, miso, and sugar in a large bowl; whisk in oil. Add cabbage, celery and celery leaves, scallions, chile, cilantro, and turkey meat to bowl and toss to combine; season with salt.
• Serve salad topped with peanuts and sesame seeds.
• Do Ahead
• Dressing can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill. Rewhisk before using.

CONFETTI CABBAGE SALAD WITH SPICY PEANUT DRESSING

Steps:

• Toss the cabbage and carrot with 1 tsp salt in a colander set over a medium bowl. Let stand until the cabbage wilts, 1-4 hours. Rinse the cabbage and carrot under cold running water. Press to drain and pat dry with paper towels.
• Process the peanut butter, oil, vinegar, soy sauce, honey, garlic, ginger and jalepeno in a food processor until smooth.
• Combine everything in a medium bowl. Toss to coat salad with dressing. Season with salt to taste.
• Cover and refrigerate until chilled.

CRUNCHY CABBAGE SALAD WITH SPICY PEANUT DRESSING

Steps:

• 1.Combine the cabbages, carrots, snow peas, avocado and half the herbs in a large bowl.
• 2.Whisk together all the ingredients for the dressing in a separate bowl, adding more water to thin if necessary.
• 3.Toss the cabbage mixture with the peanut sauce and top with the reserved herbs, cashews and sesame seeds.

SPICY CABBAGE SALAD

Steps:

• In a blender or mini chop, combine the chipotles, adobo sauce, crema, oil, lemon juice, honey and salt and puree. Set aside
• Cut the cabbage into quarters and remove the core. Using a knife or mandolin, shred the cabbage into thin strips. Place in a large bowl, add the shredded carrots and mix. Add the chipotle dressing and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.

SPICY CABBAGE AND CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Fill a small saucepan half full with water, add the salt, and bring to a rolling boil over high heat. Drop in the chicken breasts. When the water starts bubbling at the edges of the pan, remove the pan from the heat and cover tightly. Let stand for 20 minutes. The chicken should be firm yet still yield a bit to the touch. Remove the chicken from the pan and reserve the light stock for another use (see Note) or discard. When cool enough to handle, shred with your fingers into thin pieces, pulling the meat along its natural grain. Put the chicken in a large bowl and let it cool to room temperature.
• Meanwhile, put the onion in a small bowl and add the white vinegar just to cover. Set aside for 15 minutes; the vinegar will reduce the harshness of the onion. Drain well and add to the bowl with the chicken, along with the cabbage, carrot, and Vietnamese coriander.
• To make the dressing, using a mortar and pestle, mash the chiles, garlic, sugar, and salt together into a fragrant orange-red paste. This releases and combines the oils from the chile and garlic. Scrape the paste into a bowl and add the fish sauce and rice vinegar, stirring to dissolve the sugar and salt and to combine well.
• Just before serving, pour the dressing over the salad and toss to mix well. The salad will wilt slightly. Taste and adjust the flavors to your liking, balancing the sour, sweet, salty, and spicy. Transfer to a serving plate, leaving any unabsorbed dressing behind, and serve.
• Finely Shredding
• When a recipe calls for finely shredding an ingredient, usually carrot or ginger, you don't need a four-sided box grater-shredder, nor do you need to cut perfect julienned strips. Instead, cut the item crosswise into coins or on the diagonal into slices a scant 1/8 inch thick. (Note that when you are cutting diagonal slices, the angle of your knife determines the overall length of the final shreds.) Assemble the slices into several short stacks-flat side against the cutting board for stability-and, using a sharp knife and keeping your knuckles well curled to avoid nicking your fingers, cut vertically at 1/16- to 1/8-inch intervals to create fine shreds. Don't expect the shreds to be uniform in length. In fact, some variation is fine-even attractive.
• Notes
• The salad may be readied through step 3 up to 4 hours in advance. Cover the vegetables and chicken and refrigerate, and cover the dressing and leave at room temperature. Return the vegetables and chicken to room temperature before tossing.
• Serve this salad with a bowl of Basic Rice Soup (page 67). Use the light stock left over from poaching the chicken as part of the liquid for making the soup. At the table, invite guests to put some of the salad into their soup. It not only cools the soup a bit (helpful in a tropical climate such as Vietnam), but also adds interesting texture and flavor.
• Omit the chicken to create a zesty Vietnamese slaw that tastes good with all kinds of barbecue.

SPICY CABBAGE SALAD

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine lemon and oil; slowly whisk in olive oil until emulsified, season with salt and pepper.
• Toss cabbage, onion, and cilantro together in another bowl; just before serving, drizzle cabbage mixture with the dressing.
• Toss, season with additional salt and pepper, if needed.