Salade De Chou Rouge
This red cabbage salad recipe, or "salade de chou rouge," is a colorful, tasty, crunchy, yet easy salad recipe for you to make at home. Such a simple salad with 3 ingredients to give you a dazzling and colorful starter for your hors d'oeuvres table!
❤️About This Recipe
It's sure to please everyone with its rich texture and color. Easy and economical to make.
All you need is a fresh, firm red cabbage to make this red cabbage recipe into a striking display.
With a little onion, Vinaigrette à la Moutarde, and sliced radish for garnish, it's complete!
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Delicious Red Cabbage Salad With Vinaigrette à La Moutarde Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 lb red cabbage
- 1 tablespoon chives or onion, chopped
For The Vinaigrette à La Moutarde
- 2 pinches salt
- 1 pinch black pepper
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar or red wine vinegar, but not balsamic
- 1 teaspoon of French Dijon mustard
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- For Garnish: 3 tablespoons sliced radishes
Instructions
- Remove the outer leaves of the cabbage.
- It is easier now to cut the cabbage into quarters to cut away the core.
- Slice the cabbage very, very thinly.
- Sprinkle with salt and leave for about an hour, but up to four is better.
- Drain, press out as much liquid as you can, and dry with paper towels or a clean tea cloth. Now, when your salad sits in the fridge with the dressing, it will not end up swimming in juice.
- Add chives or onions and mix.
How To Make Vinaigrette à La Moutarde
- Put the salt into a bowl together with a little black pepper.
- Stir in the vinegar and continue until the salt has dissolved - this is because salt will not dissolve in oil.
- Stir in the mustard.
- Now add the oil, a little at a time, beating continuously until the dressing is cloudy.
- Allow to stand for about 10 minutes, then stir or shake again just before use.
- Mix the herbs and the dressing together.
- Pour over the cabbage, mix well.
- Leave for about an hour before serving.
- Garnish with sliced radish.
- This is so simple to make but will look stunning on your table.
Notes
- It is not necessary to salt the salad if you are not letting it sit for more than an hour before consuming.
- Finely slicing the cabbage evenly is important for consistency and can be done well with a mandoline.
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