Easy 5-Minute Coleslaw

What’s the perfect side dish for family BBQs, picnics and holiday get-togethers? Homemade coleslaw! A lot of coleslaw, in my opinion, is full of too much mayonnaise, too much sweetness and/or, in some cases, too much vinegar. This Easy 5-Minute Coleslaw recipe, however, is my favorite because it hits the perfect balance.

This recipe is fast and easy to make thanks to a bag of pre-shredded cabbage and carrots. If you can find it, a mix that includes red cabbage is best. Both green and red cabbage are good for you, but the red has even more antioxidants (and it makes the coleslaw prettier too). If all you can find is the green cabbage and carrot mix (which is often the case for me), that works just fine for this recipe.

This coleslaw is excellent on top of a pulled pork or BBQ beef sandwich. It’s also one of my favorite things to put on top of a fish sandwich!

Of course, this homemade coleslaw is also delicious all by itself — especially after the whole mixture has had time to sit together for a while in the refrigerator.

Easy 5-Minute Coleslaw Ingredients

All you need to make your own homemade coleslaw is the following. Mix it all together and … voila!

• 16 ounce bag of pre-shredded cabbage and carrots
• Mayo
• Apple cider vinegar
• Sugar
• Salt
• Pepper

Pin it/save it and make this yummy side dish sometime! Please let me know if you do. That always makes my day!

Looking for more picnic, potluck or BBQ recipes? Check out some of these:

• Homemade Dairy-Free Cornbread – one of the most popular recipes on my blog, this isn’t your average dry cornbread, and it’s made without milk! One blog reader commented: “Used your recipe for dinner tonight and my opinionated 5 year old told me I had just made the best cornbread on the planet…Thank you for such a great recipe!”
• Spicy Cucumber Tomato and Water Chestnut Salad – “Such a simple and yet a perfectly balanced salad with the right amount of crunch and spice.”
• Spicy Pulled Pork Sliders – Inspired by the best sandwich I ever tasted at a BBQ joint, I had to recreate them at home and now they’re a family favorite.

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Easy 5-Minute Coleslaw

This Easy 5-Minute Coleslaw recipe goes perfect on top of BBQ or fish sandwiches or as a delicious die! Not too tart, not too sweet and not too full of mayo, it strikes the perfect balance. Bonus: it's dairy-free, gluten-free and packed with plenty of antioxidants

Course

Salad, Side Dish

Cuisine

Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free

Prep Time

5 minutes

Cook Time

0

Servings

servings

Ingredients

• 1 16 oz bag pre-shredded cabbage and carrots
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise (I use a sugar-free mayo)
• 2 tsp apple cider vinegar (I use Bragg's)
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• a little extra salt and pepper to taste (optional)

Course Salad, Side Dish Cuisine Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free Prep Time 5 minutes Cook Time 0 Servings servings Ingredients 1 16 oz bag pre-shredded cabbage and carrots 1/2 cup mayonnaise (I use a sugar-free mayo) 2 tsp apple cider vinegar (I use Bragg's) 1 tsp sugar 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp pepper a little extra salt and pepper to taste (optional)

Instructions

1. Mix all of the ingredients together
2. Tastes best if you chill before serving it

Recipe Notes

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