Pickled Red Cabbage

Name: Pickled Red Cabbage
Yield: Makes 1 quart
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: ½ cup cider vinegar; 4 teaspoons salt; 1 bay leaf; 1 tablespoon sugar; 2 garlic cloves, sliced; 1 teaspoon cumin seeds; 4 cups thinly sliced red cabbage; 1 teaspoon coriander seeds; 1 red jalapeno (Fresno) chile, thinly sliced; 6 whole black peppercorns

Preparation info

Makes
1 quart

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Tacos A-Z

By Ivy Manning

Published 2023

About

Crunchy pickled red cabbage is just the thing when you’d like a little crunch on your taco but you’re all out of lettuce and don’t want anything as intrusive as raw onion. Be sure to slice the cabbage evenly and thinly, avoiding the tough white core of the cabbage as you slice.

Ingredients

4 cups thinly sliced red cabbage
1 red jalapeno (Fresno) chile, thinly sliced
½ cup

Americas
Mexico
Central America
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Instructions

Put the cabbage and jalapeno chile in a non-reactive container or jar, pressing down to pack it tightly into the jar.
In a small saucepan, bring 2 cups of water, vinegar, salt, sugar, coriander, cumin, peppercorns, garlic, and bay leaf to a boil,