plural slaws
: a salad made of raw sliced or chopped cabbage and often additional ingredients (such as raisins or shredded carrots) tossed in a usually creamy dressing : coleslaw
also
: a similarly prepared salad featuring a raw fruit or vegetable other than cabbage
broccoli slaw
apple and fennel slaw
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Barbecue sauce, slaw mix, and apple cider vinegar add unique flavors to the dish.
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Patricia S York, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025
It's served with apple pikliz – a Haitian-style slaw of pickled cabbage, carrots and scotch bonnet peppers, though the Barracos add shaved apple to give it a Midwestern twist.
—Keith Pandolfi, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2025
The menu includes an Acapulco-style seafood cocktail, handmade guacamole, jalapeno, jicama and carrot slaw, beef and chicken fajitas, refried black beans and ice cream sundaes with Mexican chocolate sauce.
—Stacey Zable, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Go Greek with roasted tomatoes and crispy chickpeas with lemon-pepper dressing and a cucumber-olive salad, then hop to Haiti for pork cheeks with epis seasoning and prickly pikliz slaw.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
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Patricia S York, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025
It's served with apple pikliz – a Haitian-style slaw of pickled cabbage, carrots and scotch bonnet peppers, though the Barracos add shaved apple to give it a Midwestern twist.
—Keith Pandolfi, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2025
The menu includes an Acapulco-style seafood cocktail, handmade guacamole, jalapeno, jicama and carrot slaw, beef and chicken fajitas, refried black beans and ice cream sundaes with Mexican chocolate sauce.
—Stacey Zable, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Go Greek with roasted tomatoes and crispy chickpeas with lemon-pepper dressing and a cucumber-olive salad, then hop to Haiti for pork cheeks with epis seasoning and prickly pikliz slaw.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Slaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slaw. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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