5-Minute Easy Coleslaw Recipe

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

What You Will Love About This Simple Coleslaw

• Fast and easy! This recipe takes only 5 minutes to make, thanks to a bag of pre-shredded cabbage or slaw mix. 
• The perfect picnic, BBQ or party side dish. You will love this homemade coleslaw recipe and be the potluck hero with any slaw fan!

• It’s a delicious sandwich topping. This is the best coleslaw recipe (in my humble opinion) for topping a pulled pork sandwich, BBQ beef sliders or 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.

Coleslaw Recipe Ingredients

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

• 16-ounce bag of pre-shredded cabbage and carrots (or two 8-ounce bags).
  • If you can find it, use a mix that includes red cabbage is best.
  • Both green and red cabbage are good for you, but the red cabbage has even more antioxidants (and it makes creamy coleslaw prettier).
• Mayo
• Apple cider vinegar
• Sugar
• Salt
• Pepper

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

How to Make This Slaw

Step 1: Open the 16-oz bag (or two 8-oz bags) of shredded cabbage and carrots and place it in a large bowl. Then, add all the other ingredients.

Step 2: Add all the remaining ingredients and then mix them with a large spoon. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Step 3:  Enjoy as a side dish or top your favorite sandwich with it!

What to Serve with Coleslaw

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

• Spicy Pulled Pork Sliders – Inspired by the best sandwich I ever tasted at a BBQ joint, it’s a family favorite recipe and pairs well with this homemade coleslaw recipe. 
• Brown Sugar Pineaple Porkchops – A favorite one-pan meal that only takes about 20 minutes to make.
• Homemade Dairy-Free Cornbread – This is 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 – A perfect summer salad. One reader who made the recipe said: “Such a simple and yet a perfectly balanced salad with the right amount of crunch and spice.”

Easy 5-Minute Coleslaw

This simple coleslaw recipe goes perfectly on top of BBQ or fish sandwiches or as a delicious side! 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.

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 5 minutes mins

Course Salad, Side Dish

Cuisine Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free

Servings 8 servings

Calories 98 kcal

Equipment

• 1 Large Mixing Bowl
• 1 Mixing Spoon

Ingredients

  

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• 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

 

• Mix all of the ingredients together
• You can serve the coleslaw immediately, but it tastes best if you chill it in the refrigerator before eating

Notes

A slaw mix with red cabbage, green cabbage and carrots is ideal. However, if all you can find is the bag with green cabbage and carrot mix (which is often the case for me), that works just fine for this recipe. 

This tastes even better cold. Don’t worry when you see liquid in the bowl or storage container after the coleslaw has been sitting for a while. It hasn’t gone bad; the moisture in the cabbage has simply been drawn out.

 

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Nutrition

Calories: 98kcalCarbohydrates: 1gProtein: 0.1gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.03gCholesterol: 6mgSodium: 234mgPotassium: 5mgFiber: 0.02gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 10IUVitamin C: 0.05mgCalcium: 2mgIron: 0.04mg

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