Caribbean Cole Slaw – A Mayo-Free Coleslaw – light, fruity, sweet and refreshingly good! Makes for the perfect no-cook side dish. Add your favorite protein and make it a meal!
I’m giving you an option to switch things up this summer with your coleslaw. And it’s going to be sweet, nutty, a little bit of spice added and a whole lot of tropical vibe to it.
How’s this for your coleslaw?
You’ll certainly appreciate it in the next couple of weeks when it gets really hot. Now the weather is playing tricks on me.
Okay, so I thought it was going to be super hot today. Yes, I don’t know where the thought came from. But I ended up with partly rainy and dark skies – June Gloom. I never really noticed the gloominess of June till today.
And taking these pictures was not business as usual. I had to do the waiting, moving around game, with repositioning of food props.
Ah! The joys of food photography.
This Caribbean Coleslaw is crisp and refreshing with some mangos, jalapenos and Caribbean sauce thrown in the mix. And for my sweet peeps – honey. A perfect balance of tangy and sweet. It was hard to stop eating it.
You are not going to miss the mayonnaise-laden kind. I promise. And you can eat as much as you want without a care in the world. Easy on your waistline compared to the restaurant variety.
This is a great side to have when you fire up your grill and it pairs so well with this Grill Jerk Chicken here. Adjust ingredients with more or less ingredients to suit your taste buds.
Enjoy!
Caribbean Cole Slaw-A Mayo-Free Coleslaw – Light, Fruity , Sweet and Refreshingly Good! Makes the perfect no-cook side dish. Add your favorite protein and make it a meal!
- 1-2 tablespoons Dijon mustard or to taste
- 2-4 Tablespoons Combination Honey and/or Brown Sugar
- ½ Jalapenos pepper minced about 1 Tablespoons or more adjust to taste
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar, or freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon Caribbean hot sauce adjust to taste
- 2 Tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 6 cups cored and shredded Napa Savoy, green and/or red cabbage
- 1 Large Ripe Mango peeled , sliced or Julienne
- 1 cup shredded carrots
- 2-3 diced scallion more or less
- White pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup minced parsley leaves
- 1/2 cup nuts almonds, sun flower seeds more or less nut
- Salt to taste
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Combine all the dressing ingredients in a jar or bowl; honey, the hot sauce, mustard, white pepper, garlic, vinegar, lemon, Jalapeños pepper, and olive oil : Shake like crazy -to emulsify for about 2 minutes. Set aside. Be sure to shake it before each use.
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Arrange Cabbage, Coleslaw, Carrots, scallons, mago in a bowl.
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Add dressing to salad and toss to coat right before serving.Sprinkle with parsley and almonds
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You may chill at this point. Serve when ready
Simply delicious! I added jerk seasoning to regular tahot sauce and used smoke house almonds for the nuts. Can’t stop eating after sampling. Yummy!
Thank you for stopping by! Will definitely be making this one for tomorrow’s celebration. Enjoy! 🙂
What should I be looking for at the store when I look for Caribbean hot sauce? I have never heard of this or seen it, can you suggest a few brands?
It’s mostly available in Caribbean or International Markets-Labeled Caribbean or scotch bonnet pepper sauce . A few brands I have used are grace, walkerwoods and tortuga.
Thank you so much for your great website. Recipes are just wicked reminds me of my stay in Jamaica . Im trying your Coleslaw today just need to know where the honey is used.
Awesome! Do let me know how it works out for you. Thanks
can you please let me know where I use the honey
With the dressing ingredients . Recipe has been updated.
This recipe is SO GOOD! I never comment on blogs but I had to make an exception here. Kudos on this amazing slaw! It’s going in my regular rotation.
Thank you for taking the time, Audrey. Appreciate it much!
I just made this and it is very tasty! I’m not often impressed with a lot of recipes I try from Pinterest, but this is a keeper! Thank you!
Yay! Glad you gave it a try! Thanks for the Feedback!
Love this fresh coleslaw! So many guests that asked for this recipie!
Thanks for letting me know Jessica! So happy to hear this
Also, the carrots aren’t in the recipe I printed. How many carrots?
I cup shredded carrots
I’m trying this recipe for the first time and also the first time I’m making coke slaw. I bought a head of red cabbage. Is that supposed to be in addition to the napa savoy?
You can use a mixture of both or just the red cabbage would do just fine . Thanks for pointing it out to me .
Lovely recipe I’ll definitely try this, forgive me for digressing can u please give me a basic fondant icing recipe? My fondant icing keeps tearing apart n is not smooth, please and please help me out. Thank you.
Hi Joy! It’s been a while since I made cake with fondant. Don’t have a recipe to share at the moment. Might have to experiment with one for fall.
Hi,
I’m wondering how long this should sit for? Should I make it the day of?
I slice and dice all the vegetables and dressing the day before, – mix everything together the day of . I like my Cole slaw crunchy.
Turned out amazing! Kids and adults loved them! Thank you!
AWESOME!!! Always glad to hear when kids love it. They are hardest to please. Thanks for taking the time to share this with us.
Yummy! Have to make this.
oh man..this look right up my street..so refreshing and delicious looking salad !
This looks really great 🙂 So light! Perfect for summer. Thanks for the recipe!
Caribbean cuisine is one of my most favorite ones. This slaw looks like a winner!
Oh yes a light, fruity nutty coleslaw salad is everything i need this summer! I’ve bookmarked this!
I’m loving this mayo free coleslaw. Would be prefect on pulled pork sandwiches too!