Pickleback Slaw Recipe (2024)

Replace the apple with diced red &/or green pepper, sprinkle in a tsp or 2 of caraway seeds, double the vinegar/pickle juice, bring it with the mustard, S&P to a boil, pour it over the veggies to slightly wilt them. Allow to marinate an hour or more in fridge, then add mayo and mix with hands. (Lick hands before serving.)

Pepper sauce lasts FOREVER in your fridge. Truly forever. Get the smallest, cheapest bottle you can find, stick it in the door and forget it. You'll come up with something to do with it as time goes by. It's awesome stuff, put in almost anything: pasta, various kinds of bisque, creamed items, sauces, soups, sandwich condiments, seafood, and on and on.

Now my go-to cole slaw recipe. Keeps its crunch - no pools of dressing accumulating at the bottom of the bowI. I like adding thinly sliced jalapeno pepper and red onion. Dill or sweet pickle juice both work. All good!

Pickle juice! The secret to my late Aunt Mary's potato salad - best stuff on Earth ☺️

If you can find it in the North, try our Southern favorite Duke's Mayonnaise. You won't believe how good it is, better than anything other than Granny's homemade. You love our old standby sweet potatoes, now you are all eating kale, the scourge of the South, so do try Duke's -- I heard from someone in Chicago that they had found it there. Be brave, try it.

Fresh out of pickle juice, so I used same amount juice from a jar of capers, along with a healthy tablespoon of capers. That added the right touch of sour and combined nicely with the other flavors.

What can I use instead of pepper sauce? I hesitate to buy it because not sure how often I will use it. I am making this slow this weekend.

This is a great slaw. It can be given extra bite by using the juice from peperoncini or other peppers with heat. However, I would like to be a fly on the wall and witness someone go from start to finish (cutting apples into matchsticks?) in 20 minutes -- and emerge with 10 fingers.

This is now a staple. However, I've changed it around a bit. I get the big bags of slaw from Costco, throw away the awful poppy seed dressing that is included and make the above dressing, but with some buttermilk. I also add more grated carrots and maybe the apple., but not always. love this salad, and with Costco's help, it has become very easy to have frequently.

What kind of pickle juice? Sweet, bread and butter or dill? Thanks.

Instead of apples, I used a jicama. Also, added a little brown sugar (I like my slaw a little on the sweet side). It was delicious! The Jicama was perfect!

What sort of pickles or pickle relish do you use--dill, sweet, bread and butter, etc? Thanks.

Would this be dill pickle or sweet pickle juice?

Excellent! Everyone loved it and it was all gone quickly. We eat mostly vegan and used Veganaise instead of real mayonnaise and tasted great. Kicked up the hot sauce slightly to give it more spice. A keeper.

How about trying this with sauerkraut juice (from homemade kraut) instead of the pickle juice? Would it work?

Used 2 tsps Cholula hot sauce

How finely are the carrots grated?

Perhaps it’s just the size of cabbages available in my area, but this makes a truly absurd amount of coleslaw. I halved the recipe, and it still yielded two large 8 cup bowls worth.

Doubled the dressing as it seemed dry when first mixed - as it sat for a bit, it softened and didn’t need the extra dressing after all - so, follow the recipe and give it a minute, it will all come together…

Great recipe. Cut down on mayonnaise and subbed in some Greek yogurt. I grated the apple instead of matchsticks

This came together very quickly and made a ton. (Maybe my cabbage was not small enough?) The dressing was perfect as is—Frank’s Red Hot is a must—and the right amount to maintain crispness. It would also be good as a topping for tacos, burgers, hot dogs, etc. Given the quantity, it would be best for a large group. We are going to be eating it all week!

Any ideas about volume of two small cabbages? I so appreciate recipes that use volume or weight.

I think this is delicious! I used dill pickle juice and cosmic crisp apples.

I really didn't like this. I like mayonnaise, but this was too heavy on the mayonnaise, and I didn't like the pickle juice, though I did use caper juice. I ended up throwing it away.

Added buttermilk, omitted salt, can see the addition of jicama being a good idea like other testers mentioned. Better than your average slaw for sure.

Knife cuts cabbage too thick. Try mandolin

This was really good! My family is divided on coleslaw taste. Some like a more vinegar based and some like it creamier. I tossed the apple in the hot sauce prior to adding to the slaw. I bought a store bought slaw mix and that saved a ton of time. I added a heaping tablespoon more of mayo. Winner! Pair this with some St Louis style oven roasted, finished on the grill, spare ribs and a traditional potato salad for the win!

I used mango spears that were tart and added a handful of chopped dates- it added a nice touch of sweetness- this recipe was easy and a hit at our house. Also l served it with the smashed cabbage & mushroom burgers for a vegetarian meal.

Really good flavor, nice bite. I used one package slaw mix, and halved the dressing. Juice from "sweet and hot" pepper relish was a great addition.

Lovely recipe. I don't care for mayonnaise, so I substituted full-fat buttermilk. I was pretty generous with the ground black pepper, and I thought the final result was splendid. I look forward to making this again!