Asian Coleslaw Crack
1 lb ground meat (beef, pork, chicken, turkey)
1 small onion - chopped
2 cloves garlic - pressed
1- 2 inch fresh ginger - grated
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground pepper
2 - 3 cups cabbage (purple & green is nice)- sliced
2 carrots - shredded
1 red pepper - thinly sliced
1 1/2 cup fresh pineapple - diced
2 Tbsp rice vinegar
1/4 Tamari sauce (or soy sauce)
1 Tbsp honey (or apple butter/maple syrup)
dash of hot sauce
1/4 c fresh cilantro - chopped
2 tsp sesame oil *
In a large skillet, brown the meat and crumble to liking. Add in the onion, ginger, garlic, salt and pepper until fully cooked. Add in the shredded cabbage, carrots, pepper, pineapple and saute until it is tender. Finish with the rice vinegar, tamari sauce, and honey. Add the hot sauce now or allow people to add it to their plates. Finish with a good sprinkle of fresh cilantro and the drizzle of sesame oil. (Just look at the different pictures with and without cilantro and one with purple cabbage too!)
The sauce is easy to tweak and adjust. I will taste it and see what I feel it is missing....like more ginger or perhaps more sweetness. Please feel free to adjust yours to your liking.
Serve over cooked rice of choice. Our family preference is brown basmati rice.