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Collard Green Coleslaw

Vegetarian Times Issue: January 1, 2009   p.70

The hot dressing poured over this salad slightly wilts the greens without cooking them. Chilling the salad lets the flavors develop. Serve as a side dish, or use instead of lettuce to top vegetarian barbecue. Other greens to try in this recipe: Swiss chard, beet greens, or flat-leafed kale.

Directions

1. Stack 3 or 4 collard leaves flat on work surface. Roll tightly into a cylinder, hold together, and thinly slice to make narrow strips. Coarsely chop strips once sliced. Repeat with remaining collard leaves, and transfer to large bowl. Stir in carrots, onion, and bell pepper.

2. Whisk together vinegar, sugar, oil, mustard, celery seed, salt, and pepper in small saucepan, and bring to a boil, whisking to dissolve sugar. Remove from heat, and pour hot vinegar mixture over collard and vegetable mixture. Stir to coat vegetables with dressing. Season with salt and pepper, if desired. Cover, and chill 4 hours or overnight.

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ingredient list

Serves 8

  • ½ lb. collard greens, tough stems removed (8 leaves)
  • 3 medium carrots, grated (2 cups)
  • 1 medium onion, grated (1 cup)
  • 1 medium red bell pepper, diced (1 cup)
  • ½ cup rice or cider vinegar
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • ¼ cup canola oil
  • 1 tsp. powdered mustard
  • 1 tsp. celery seed
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • ¼ tsp. ground black pepper

Nutritional Information

Per serving :

Calories 136
Protein 1g
Total Fat 7g
Saturated Fat 0.5g
Carbs 17g
Cholesterol 0mg
Sodium 172mg
Fiber 2g
Sugar 12g
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Comments

By madkins on Jan 29, 2010:
This was excellent. Added some toasted walnuts to give is extra crunch.
By Amy Skretta on May 09, 2010:
This is divine. I was looking for a non-cooked way to eat my beet greens, and found this recipe. It's light, zesty, and you can add anything! I added carrot and asparagus for a nice springy theme.
By katie andersen on Sep 02, 2010:
This is a great recipe! I made it for a bridal shower i was hosting, for a wide variety of people and everyone loved it! I used kale instead of collard greens and added a little more mustard powder than suggested. I made it a day in advance, which was perfect for texture. Next time I'm going to try substituting 1/4C of honey in place of the sugar. Really good though!
By grace on Feb 07, 2011:
this recipe is awesome!
By Jane on Mar 03, 2011:
This is one of my fave recipes. It is easy & the flavor is amazing. Plus, I am in love with collards and am always looking for new ways to use them. And it is just as good the next day.
By single dad of 2 on Mar 16, 2011:
This is great, i raised my sons to enjoy raw veg but i have not been able to get my self fully into to. This was the recipe for me great very very good flavor.
By Anna on Mar 31, 2011:
The flavor of this was great but I would use less sugar and less oil next time, it was too rich and too sweet for my taste.
By Sandy on Sep 06, 2011:
We've enjoyed this recipe for TWO YEARS.... actually, it's what came up when I searched the data base for kale. I planted some curly kale, and it's the little plant that just keeps giving, even thru mild frosts and 100 degree plus summers. My minor changes: tender fresh baby kale leaves, quality peanut oil, rice vinegar, mustard seed, and red pepper flakes.
By Jennifer on Jan 09, 2012:
This is a great recipe. I liked it but my son thought it was too "wet" so next time I think I'll decrease the dressing quite a bit as I also thought it was a little heavy on the dressing. I like the idea of adding nuts to it for extra crunch. Instead of using onions I used celery. That also gave it a nice crunch.

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