Description
This healthy, vegan, gluten-free Peanut Chinese Cabbage Salad is rich with the crunchy textures and flavors of peanuts, Chinese cabbage, bell peppers, cucumbers, and herbs.
Ingredients
Cabbage Salad:
- 4 cups thinly sliced Chinese cabbage (also known as napa cabbage)
- 3 green onions, sliced
- 1 small (about 7 ounces) bell pepper (red, yellow, orange, or green), chopped
- 1 small (about 6 ounces) cucumber, sliced
- 1 small jalapeno, finely diced
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint
- ½ cup peanuts, coarsely chopped
Soy Ginger Dressing:
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 2 tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce (gluten-free)
- 1 lime, juiced
- 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
- 1 teaspoon agave syrup (optional)
Instructions
- Toss together cabbage, onions, bell pepper, cucumber, jalapeno, parsley, mint, and peanuts in a large salad bowl.
- In a small bowl, whisk together dressing ingredients: oil, soy sauce, lime juice, ginger, and agave syrup (optional).
- Gently mix in dressing and distribute well.
- Chill until serving time. Makes 6 servings (about 1 cup per serving).
Notes
I garnished this salad recipe with calendula flower petals that I grow in my garden. Learn more about edible flowers here.
I love serving this cabbage salad in attractive bowls, such as these blue patterned salad bowls here.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Salad
- Cuisine: Asian, American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 65
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 98 mg
- Fat: 4 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 6 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 3 g