This is a fresh, crunchy salad with an Asian dressing that I call an Asian slaw because it has shredded cabbage and carrot like traditional coleslaw, but the calorific mayonnaise is replaced with fresh Asian herbs and spice combinations.
Make the Dressing
Take the ginger, garlic and chilli pepper and finely chop and place in a small bowl
Add the juice of 2 limes to the ginger, chilli and garlic.
Add 3 tablespoons of rice wine
Add a tablespoon of soy sauce
Add a teaspoon of toasted sesame oil
Add a teaspoon of maple syrup
Mix the dressing and taste and adjust the seasoning to your liking. Allow to sit and let the flavours mix.
Now the salad
Shred the half cabbage and red pepper and two carrot and place in a salad bowl
chop the spring onions into thirds and slice them lengthways into shreds and add to the bowl
Finely chop the coriander and add to the bowl.
Add the dressing and mix throughly. Allow to stand for 30mins and mix every 10 mins to get the dressing into the vegetables.
Optionally, sprinkle with black sesame seeds and serve.
Ingredients 
Make the dressing – Chilli, Ginger, Garlic 
finely chopped 
Juice of 2 limes 
mix together with rice wine, soy sauce and sesame oil 
shred the cabbage, carrot and pepper 
cut the spring onion in half and lengthways 
add the coriander and spring onions 
Add the dressing and mix throughly 
Add optional black sesame seeds and serve
Asian slaw
Equipment
- salad bowl
Ingredients
- 1/2 medium white cabbage
- 2 carrots
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1 red chilli
- 2 clove garlic
- 30 g coriander – a handful
- 3 tbsp rice wine vinegar
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp toasted sesame oil
- 2 limes
- 1 tsp maple syrup
- 3 spring onions
Method
Make the dressing
- Take the ginger, garlic and chilli pepper and finely chop and place in a small bowl
- Add the juice of 2 limes to the ginger, chilli and garlic.
- Add 3 tablespoons of rice wine
- Add a tablespoon of soy sauce
- Add a teaspoon of toasted sesame oil
- Add a teaspoon of maple syrup
- Mix the dressing and taste and adjust the seasoning to your liking. Allow to sit and let the flavours mix.
Assemble the salad
- Shred the half cabbage and red pepper and two carrot and place in a salad bowl
- chop the spring onions into thirds and slice them lengthways into shreds and add to the bowl
- Finely chop the coriander and add to the bowl.
- Add the dressing and mix throughly. Allow to stand for 30mins and mix every 10 mins to get the dressing into the vegetables.
- Optionally, sprinkle with black sesame seeds and serve.
Nutrition
(All nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary with brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes and more).