This Crunchy Kale Salad with Peanut Dressing is the most colorful and vibrant Spring and Summer Salad. Kale meets crunchy cole slaw with sweet peppers and peanuts and is tossed and drizzled in a delicious Asian inspired peanut dressing. This is a must try salad recipe!
This salad is really easy to make in just 15 minutes and it keeps good in the fridge for a few days, if you decide to meal prep on Sunday, for quick and easy lunches during the week.
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INGREDIENTS:
Peanut Dressing:
½ cup Creamy Salted Peanut Butter *I used Jif, which has a bit of sweetness
¼ teaspoon fresh ginger, finely grated
3 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
⅛ teaspoon red pepper flakes
Crunchy Kale Salad:
6-8 leaves of Curly Kale
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 teaspoons of fresh lime juice
1 and ½ cups of bagged coleslaw mix *you don’t need the sauce packet
⅓ cup salted peanuts, roughly chopped
½ of a bell peppers or 4 mini sweet peppers, seeds and stems removed and cut into skinny strips
5 ounces of jarred peppadew peppers (sweet piquante)
½ cup fresh cilantro, minced
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Rinse and pat dry the kale leaves. Remove and discard the stalks, chop the kale into small pieces and add into a large bowl.
2. Massage the Kale: Drizzle the olive oil into the kale and add in 2 teaspoons of lime juice. Place both your hands into the kale and massage the leaves for one to two minutes to tenderize.
3. Make the Peanut Dressing: In a medium bowl or pyrex dish, whisk together the peanut butter, soy sauce, rice vinegar, fresh ginger, and red pepper flakes. Add in one tablespoon at a time of water until the consistency is still thick, but more like a salad dressing. I used between 3-4 tablespoons. Place it into the fridge for 5-10 minutes.
4. Assemble the Salad. Add the kale and coleslaw into a large bowl. Pour in half the peanut dressing and toss to combine. Save the remaining dressing for serving.
5. Top with peanuts, cilantro, peppadew peppers and bell peppers. Toss to combine.
6. Serve with additional peanut dressing and enjoy!
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Thanks so much for watching and Happy Cooking!
xoxo~Tara with Simply Made Eats
1 Comment
I've never had Kale but this looks like the first time I might be trying it out. Thanks for the great recipes Tara.