Does anyone have a super simple coleslaw recipe?
I’m helping to make a barbecue chicken dinner tonight and my contribution will be the coleslaw. I only have a small collection of ingredients: bagged coleslaw mix, red cabbage, Hellman’s mayo, apple cidar vinegar, raw onion, celery salt, a few other seasonings, and salt and pepper. Does anyone have some good simple coleslaw recipes I can make with these ingredients? Thanks!
Thanks to all who gave me these awesome coleslaw recipes! I’m going to be using some of them, definitely!
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November 22nd, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Try this:
Bag of coleslaw mix
2 t mustard
3 t vinegar
1/4 t celery salt
1/2 t celery seed (if you’ve got it. Will be fine without)
2T white sugar
mayonnaise until the right consistency (probably about 1/2 to 3/4 c )
I make it all the time and it’s a little sweet, a little tangy and absolutely perfect!
November 24th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
I just guess at mine. Go to and type “easy coleslaw” or even just “coleslaw” into the search box. The recipes there are submitted by regular folks who actually use them, so they work.
November 26th, 2008 at 7:04 am
My wife just uses cabbage, carrots, and Miracle Whip. Seems like you should put some mayo in the coleslaw mix and then taste it to see if it needs seasoning, but I doubt if it will. Adding the red cabbage shouldn’t hurt it and make it look a little better.
November 29th, 2008 at 11:53 am
You just listed all the basic ingredients in creamy coleslaw. I used to work at popular BBQ restaurant and here was our recipe for the slaw dressing.
1 gallon mayo
4 cups cider vinegar
4 cups sugar
3/4 cup celery salt
1/4 kosher salt
1/4 black pepper
12 oz fine dice onions
You’d need to scale this down considerably, but you get the basic idea. Mix all the ingredients above and mix just enough with the slaw mix till it’s wet. Keep in mind that the salt will pull water out of the vegetables and it will get wetter as it sits.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:21 am
I just combine mayo, water it down with a bit of milk and through in parsley, pepper, a pinch of lemon juice (if you don’t have it, no big deal), a pinch of garlic (or garlic powder), and believe it or not, about a tsp of white sugar. If you have paprika, throw a few dashes of that in too. The key is the sugar and a healthy dose of pepper. Toss with the bagged coleslaw and you’re set! Enjoy!
December 2nd, 2008 at 11:58 am
have you tried brocoli slaw?
December 2nd, 2008 at 2:10 pm
I can’t help you with those ingredients, but the next time you do coleslaw, just buy a head of cabbage and a jar of Marzetti’s cold slaw dressing. Shred the cabbage, pour in the dressing – a little at a time until you get the consistency you are looking for – and add celery seed, at least a teaspoon, more if it looks as if it needs it. Very simple – guaranteed to please.
December 5th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
COLESLAW
6 cups shredded cabbage
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup shredded carrots
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/2 cup buttermilk
DRESSING:
2 tablespoons vinegar
1 cup Miracle Whip Salad Dressing
1/2 teaspoon celery seed
3 tablespoons onions, chopped
Add sugar, salt, pepper, and buttermilk to dressing. Pour dressing over cabbage mixture and mix well. Refrigerate at least 2 hours. Will keep for at least 1 week.
Serving Size: 12.
December 7th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
buy a bag of that slaw mix at the grocery store where they have the bagged salads, mix in some mayo, dash of red wine vinegar until it’s a moist as you like, salt and pepper and pineapple chunks (drained) and golden raisins … so easy and so so good!
December 8th, 2008 at 10:39 am
get a package of cole slaw
1/4 cup mayo
2 tblespoons ving..
2 tablespoons sugar