Bahn Mi Coleslaw
Yield: 32 side salad servings
Ingredients:
Bahn Mi Slaw
- 7 lbs Reser’s® Shredded Coleslaw (71117.15363)
- 3 cups Pickled Carrots
- 2 each English cucumber, half peeled, seeded, and thinly sliced
- 3 each Jalapeño peppers, thinly sliced
- 1 cup Cilantro, leaves only, divided in half
- 1 cup Cashews, toasted and salted, roughly chopped and divided in half
Pickled Carrots
- 3 cups Carrots, julienned
- 2 cups Water, hot
- 2 Tbsp Kosher salt
- ½ cup Sugar
- ½ cup unseasoned Rice wine vinegar
Directions:
- For Pickled Carrots, dissolve kosher salt and sugar in hot water and add rice vinegar.
- Pour the brine over the julienned carrots in a 2-quart container and let pickle at room temperature for at least 1 hour or refrigerate overnight.
- For Bahn Mi Slaw, mix Reser’s Shredded Coleslaw with the ingredients in a large metal bowl, saving half of the cilantro leaves and peanuts for garnish.
- Drain and mix pickled carrots into coleslaw base.
- Divide into portions and garnish with cilantro leaf and toasted cashews.