Costa Rican Coleslaw Nyt Cooking Sam Sifton Recipes

CHILEAN CABBAGE AND AVOCADO SLAW

Steps:

• Place shredded cabbage in a large bowl or colander and salt generously. Tossand rub the salt into cabbage with your hands. Let sit for 1 hour or longer (refrigerate if longer than 1 hour). If cabbage tastes too salty, rinse, then squeeze out excess moisture and transfer to a dry bowl.
• Toss cabbage with half the lemon juice.
• Mash avocados in a mortar and pestle, or in a bowl using a fork, potato masher or a whisk. Add salt to taste and remaining lemon juice and mix until smooth. Scrape into the bowl with cabbage and stir together until shredded cabbage is thoroughly coated with mashed avocado. Taste and adjust salt. Add pepper if desired. If mixture isn't creamy, add more avocado.

COSTA RICAN COLE SLAW

Steps:

• In a small pot set over medium heat, combine the orange juice and cumin and reduce to 1/2 cup. Let cool.
• Meanwhile, combine the cabbages, carrots, hearts of palm and avocado in a large, nonreactive bowl, cover with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator.
• Put the diced tomatoes into a small, nonreactive bowl and add the reduced orange juice, the vinegar and olive oil and whisk to emulsify. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Pour the dressing over the slaw and mix to combine. Can be served immediately, or covered and placed in the refrigerator for up to 2 hours before serving.

COLESLAW

Steps:

• In a very large bowl, combine mayonnaise, vinegar, sugar and celery seeds. Season with salt and pepper, and mix until smooth.
• Shred the cabbage: Using a sharp knife, quarter and core the green cabbage. Arrange quarters cut side down, so they sit flat and stable. Thinly slice them lengthwise for longer shreds (or crosswise for shorter shreds). Repeat with the purple cabbage. You should get about 16 total cups of shredded green and purple cabbage.
• Add all the shredded cabbage and the shredded carrots to the bowl, season with salt and pepper, and toss until well combined. (Hands work best here.)
• Transfer coleslaw to a serving bowl and serve immediately, or cover and refrigerate 3 hours ahead of time and up to overnight for the best texture, and serve chilled.

COLE SLAW

Steps:

• In batches, pulse carrots, onion, peppers and cabbage separately, until each is finely chopped. Do not overprocess! Combine ingredients in a bowl.
• Combine sugar and vinegar in a pan and stir over low heat until sugar melts. Pour over vegetables and mix. Add 1 1/2 cups mayonnaise and caraway or celery seeds, stir to combine and season with salt to taste. Add more mayonnaise, if desired. Chill for an hour and serve.

SPICY COLESLAW

Steps:

• Cut the cabbage in half and remove the core. Cut each half in half and slice each resulting quarter into thin ribbons. Mix with carrots in a large, nonreactive bowl.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the remaining ingredients.
• Pour the dressing over the cabbage and toss. Season to taste.
• The coleslaw may be covered with plastic wrap and refrigerated for a few hours. Toss again before serving.