Name: Mexican Coleslaw
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 3 ears sweet corn, shucked; 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 teaspoon honey; 3 cups thinly sliced green cabbage; ½ cup diced red onion; ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro; 2 tablespoons minced jalapeño; Salt and pepper

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This 6-ingredient Mexican Coleslaw is refreshing, flavorful and perfect for summer! Fresh sweet corn makes this slaw stand out from all the others while cilantro, jalapeño and lime take the flavor up a notch.

I originally developed this recipe for a local kitchen store, Cooks’ Emporium, and it was intended to be served alongside my smoky grilled boneless pork chops. Although it also goes incredibly well with tacos, any grilled fish or meat and of course anything barbecued.

How to serve this Mexican coleslaw

This Mexican coleslaw is perfect on pork tacos, fish tacos, chicken tacos, the list goes on!

Here are a few other ways you can serve this Mexican coleslaw:

Minus the mayo, this Mexican coleslaw has all the components of a classic coleslaw, they’re just revamped a bit. What are those staple ingredients? Let’s dive in!

How to make Mexican coleslaw

First let’s master what a classic coleslaw consists of.

Thinly sliced cabbage (red or green)
Mayonnaise, sour cream and/or buttermilk for a creamy dressing
Onion or shallot
Fresh herbs (often parsley)
Sugar
Acid (often vinegar)

Now let’s break the so called “coleslaw rules” and make a Mexican coleslaw!

I still opted for thinly sliced green cabbage, can’t really take that away!
Instead of a creamy dressing I opted for a vinaigrette made with lime, honey and olive oil (which you’ll notice also covers some of the latter components.)
Instead of classic white onions I opted for red as they are more “Mexican,” you can also used thinly sliced scallions.
For the herb department I chose to use cilantro instead of parsley.
The last two, sugar and acid, were already covered in our vinaigrette components. I used honey for sweetness and some lime juice for acid.

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