Healthy Asian Coleslaw Recipe (2024)

October 21, 2019 by Alea Milham 11 Comments

This quick and easy Asian coleslaw recipe can be made ahead of time. It keeps well in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.

I love Asian Coleslaw, but so many of the varieties contain ingredients that I or someone in my family can’t eat. And so many of the slaws are pretty high in carbs, despite all of that low-carb cabbage. Every time I turned down an Oriental coleslaw, I vowed to create a healthier version that my entire family could all enjoy. The last time I encountered an Asian coleslaw, it was a crunchy Chinese coleslaw with Ramen noodles. It looked so good and I gave into temptation…and then suffered the consequences of eating foods I know I should avoid. As soon as I felt better I decided it was time for me to follow through on my resolution to create a healthy Asian slaw.

This is more than just an Asian cabbage salad! It is filled with a variety of colorful vegetables including broccoli, carrots, red peppers, snow peas, green onion, and bean sprouts. The snow peas and almond slivers add a bit of crunch to this healthy coleslaw recipe.

The salad is topped with a homemade Asian dressing which is a no-mayo coleslaw dressing. Instead of mayonnaise, the dressing uses almond butter as the thickener, but if you don’t have almond butter you can use peanut butter in its place.

Asian Coleslaw Recipe

This salad makes enough for a crowd. You can make it the day before a party if you wish to save time.

Asian Slaw Dressing Ingredients:

• 3 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons almond butter
• 1/3 cup olive oil
• 1/4 cup rice vinegar
• 1/4 cup soy sauce (or gluten-free soy sauce substitute)
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds

Asian Slaw Ingredients:

• 16 ounces shredded cabbage
• 16 ounces broccoli slaw
• 2 cups bean sprouts
• 1 cup shredded carrots
• 8 ounces snow peas
• 1 medium red bell pepper, diced
• 6 green onions, thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup almond slivers

Asian Slaw Dressing Directions:

1. Add the honey and almond butter to a microwave-safe bowl and heat on high for 30 seconds or until they can easily be stirred together.
2. Add the olive oil, rice vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic powder, and ground ginger. Stir until thoroughly combined.
3. Stir in sesame seeds.

Asian Slaw Directions:

1. In a large bowl, add the cabbage, broccoli slaw, bean sprouts, snow peas, carrots, peppers, onions, and almond slivers.
2. Pour the dressing over the coleslaw and toss to combine the ingredients and thoroughly coat the salad with dressing.

Printable Recipe for Asian Coleslaw

You can print the recipe below. It has checkboxes in front of the ingredients which makes it easy for this to double as a shopping list.

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This Oriental coleslaw recipe was originally published on June 27, 2011, but it was updated on October 21, 2019.