How To Make Broccoli Slaw with Orange Dressing
All for the love of salads! You’ll taste a mixture of sweet and sour flavors in this broccoli slaw. Make it with crunch fresh vegetables for a healthy meal.
Serves:
Ingredients
For the Dressing:
- 2tbspbalsamic vinegar
- 2tbspcranberries,dried sweetened, plumped up in warm water for 5 to 10 minutes, then drained
- 1tspwhole grain mustard
- 2tbspred wine vinegar
- 1tbsphoney
- 1small garlic clove
- 1tbsporange juice
- 1tsporange zest
- ½tspkosher salt,more to taste
- ¼cupextra virgin olive oil,plus 2 tbsp
- ¼cupmayonnaise
For the Salad:
- 6broccoli stalks,about 4 cups grated; can substitute pre-grated packaged broccoli
- 2cupsgrated carrots,from 4 to 6 carrots
- 2cupscabbage,shredded, Napa cabbage, green, or red cabbage
- 1cupgreen onions,thinly sliced
- ½cupcranberries,sweetened dried, coarsely chopped
- 1tsporange zest,grated
- ½tspKosher salt,or more to taste
Instructions
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If using fresh broccoli stalks, cut them away from the broccoli crowns. Peel the tough outer layer with a vegetable peeler. Use the grater blade of a food processor or the large holes of a box grater to grate the broccoli stalks.
Make the Dressing:
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Put the balsamic and red wine vinegar, plumped dried cranberries, mustard, honey, garlic, orange juice, orange zest, and salt into a blender or a mini food processor, and pulse until puréed smooth.
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Slowly add the olive oil, while pulsing or blending, to form a good emulsion. Then add the mayonnaise and pulse until blended.
Assemble the Salad:
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Place grated broccoli stalks, carrots, cabbage, onions, dried cranberries, orange zest, and Kosher salt into a bowl. Add the dressing and toss to combine, until the dressing is evenly distributed.
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You can make this several hours ahead of time before serving. Keep refrigerated until ready to serve.
Nutrition
- Calories: 172.71kcal
- Fat: 12.76g
- Saturated Fat: 1.83g
- Trans Fat: 0.00g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 6.37g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 4.24g
- Carbohydrates: 13.68g
- Fiber: 2.14g
- Sugar: 5.58g
- Protein: 3.44g
- Cholesterol: 2.82mg
- Sodium: 333.50mg
- Calcium: 72.30mg
- Potassium: 459.93mg
- Iron: 1.27mg
- Vitamin A: 254.68µg
- Vitamin C: 94.72mg
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