Pickled Ginger & Asian Pear Coleslaw – Vacation Slaw 2012 Edition

I’m non certain when this relatively novel tradition started, but for whatever reason, I similar to come upwardly up amongst a novel too interesting coleslaw to serve at Thanksgiving. With all the rich, heavy foods that the vacation tabular array brings, I actually savor the contrast these cold, crisp, bracing salads provide.

I’ve been doing this for v or then years now, too this may last my favorite version. Just adding the ever interesting Asian pear to a criterion coleslaw would’ve been a squeamish plenty touch, but what made this then special was the subtle oestrus from the pickled ginger.

I tin simply imagine how groovy that piquant punch is going to run amongst roasted turkey, too piece I all the same pick out weeks to human face for official verification, I’m pretty confident. I’m likewise confident you’ll last able to discovery around pickled ginger, particularly if yous pick out whatever sushi bars most you.

By the way, this is non 1 of those “make the solar daytime before” coleslaws. You desire everything fresh too crisp, too if yous travel out it overnight, non alone volition it larn soggy, but it volition last agency over-marinated. You tin brand the dressing beforehand, every bit good every bit piece upwardly the ginger too cabbage, but human face until an lx minutes earlier the dinner to cutting the pear too toss everything together.

Anyway, if you’ve never considered a coleslaw for 1 of your vacation side dish selections, I promise this unusual, but really delicious variation inspires yous to give it a try. Enjoy!

Ingredients for six servings:

1/2 pocket-sized dark-green cabbage, thinly sliced

1 large Asian pear, thinly sliced

1/3 loving cup finely sliced pickled ginger

1/4 loving cup sliced dark-green onions

1 tsp toasted sesame seeds

For the dressing:

1/2 loving cup mayonnaise

1/3 loving cup seasoned rice vinegar

1/2 to 1 tsp yellowish miso paste, or to taste

hot sauce to sense of savour (I used sriracha)

*Best if tossed together no to a greater extent than than an lx minutes or 2 earlier service.

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