Coleslaw Recipe That’s Easy to Make

This coleslaw recipe makes a great side for lots of spring and summer meals. That could be burgers, BBQ, fried chicken and more.

This should taste a lot like the KFC coleslaw recipe that you might be familiar with if you ever eat there. I know the ‘slaw at Raising Cane’s is also pretty good, so maybe I’ll work on perfecting a copycat recipe for that one, too.

622 calories total, 4 servings. 3 ounces per serving, 155 calories per serving.

Cooktime: 5 minutes

Next time I make this, I’m doubling (or maybe even tripling) the mix that goes into it. There wasn’t quite enough for this one, although it did still taste good, which was a plus.

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What You’ll Need to Make This Coleslaw Recipe

What It Is	Name	Where to Buy
Cookware	Kitchen knife (small)	Amazon
Cookware	Mixing spoon	Amazon
Cookware	Measuring spoons (tbsp and tsp)	Amazon
Cookware	Measuring cups (1 cup, 1/2 cup)	Amazon
Cookware	Large mixing bowl	Amazon
Cookware	Serving spoon	Amazon
Cookware	Food processor	Amazon
Ingredient	1, eight ounce bag of coleslaw mix with shredded carrot	Store
Ingredient	1.5 tablespoons white vinegar	Store
Ingredient	1 tablespoon sugar	Store
Ingredient	1/2 cup mayonnaise	Store
Ingredient	salt to taste (1/2 teaspoon)	Store
Ingredient	ground black pepper to taste (1/2 teaspoon)	Store

Step 1 of this coleslaw recipe: wash your coleslaw. Alright, maybe it’s just an optional step 1.

There’s a good chance that the stuff you buy will be pre-washed, so you can skip this part if that’s the case. It won’t make a huge different if there’s a little moisture in it, though.

Your next step is to finely chop it up on your cutting board or throw it in a food processor. The processor method will be a little easier, just more cleanup when you’re done, though. I pulled out the ol’ Cuisinart and revved it up.

You won’t need to process it very long, maybe 30 seconds tops.

Once it’s mixed, it’ll look something like this:

After that’s done, set it aside for a few minutes to do this next part of the coleslaw recipe. Grab your large mixing bowl.

Once you get that, then grab your mayo, too.

Measure out 1/2 cup of mayo and throw that into the mixing bowl for this part of the coleslaw recipe.

Next, get your salt and measuring spoons and put a 1/2 teaspoon of salt into the bowl.

Once that’s done, do the same thing with the black pepper.

After that’s all taken care of, put 1 tablespoon of sugar into the large bowl.

Now that you’ve got all that stuff in the bowl for the coleslaw recipe, throw in your distilled white vinegar. Measure out 1.5 tablespoons of that.

After everything’s in the bowl, go ahead and grab a wooden spoon.

Once that’s mixed up a bit, dump the ‘slaw mix that’s in the food processor into the large bowl.

Once that’s in there, mix it up really well. If you just went with the single 8 ounce bag of coleslaw mix, you’ll end up with what I’ve got below. Using double or triple that amount of mix will yield you a better looking coleslaw recipe, but, ultimately, it won’t taste that different.

Here’s a shot of it in the serving bowl:

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