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This simple Lebanese cabbage salad is super quick and easy to make and is so vibrant and fresh. Dressed in a tangy lemon and olive oil dressing, it’s a perfect side to accompany all of your favorite summer mains like chicken kabobs and beef kafta.
Ingredients to make Lebanese cabbage salad
- Cabbage: Use green cabbage for this recipe. It has a great peppery flavor and is wonderfully crunchy and more traditional. I often make this salad using the smaller leaves left over from making stuffed cabbage.
- Tomatoes: Diced tomatoes add a lovely sweetness to the dish. I used plum tomatoes, but cherry will also work.
- Green Onions: Green onions add great flavor to this salad that’s light and less pungent that white onions.
- Parsley: Parsley adds a nice freshness to the dish. You can also use cilantro or fresh mint.
- Dressing: The dressing is made up of extra virgin olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, dried mint, sumac, salt and pepper.
Tips for making cabbage salad
- Shred the cabbage, don’t cut the cabbage. You can use a knife to shred the cabbage finely, but it can be tedious. I find a wide vegetable peeler (affiliate link) is the best way to accomplish this quickly!
- Don’t skip the fresh herbs! It really lifts the dish and makes it fresh and summery. If you don’t like parsley, you can substitute this for cilantro, basil or mint.
- Cut the tomatoes and green onions into similar sized small pieces. This will make the salad easier to combine and everything will get distributed evenly.
Frequently asked questions
When cabbage sits, it releases water, so it’s best to serve this salad within 4 hours of making it. The dressing can be made up to 5 days ahead of time and stored in the fridge.
Traditionally green cabbage is used, but you can use red if you prefer. They have similar flavors, but red is lightly more peppery. I like to use green which is milder.
I like to serve this salad in the same way as coleslaw. It’s great with grilled chicken, fish and steak and I’ve even been known to top fish tacos with it!
More summer salads:
- Healthy Coleslaw
- Tabouli
- Lebanese Fattoush Salad
- Cauliflower Potato Salad
- Corn Tomato Avoado Salad
- Healthy Tuna Salad
- Healthy Egg Salad
- Avocado Chicken Salad
- Apple Walnut Salad
- Shirazi Salad
- Peach Salad
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Lebanese Cabbage Salad
Ingredients
For the salad
- 6 cups green cabbage shredded
- ½ cup tomatoes diced
- ½ cup parsley packed and chopped
- 3 green onions sliced
For the dressing
- ⅓ cup extra virgin olive oil
- ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon dried mint
- ¼ teaspoon sumac optional
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 garlic clove pressed
Instructions
- In a small bowl, mix the ingredients of the dressing together.
- Place shredded green cabbage, diced tomatoes, and chopped parsley in a large bowl. Pour the dressing over the coleslaw and toss to combine.
- Serve immediately, or cover and refrigerate for up to 4 hours.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information provided is an estimate. It will vary based on cooking method and specific ingredients used.
Yum! this salad is a keeper. I used red cabbage and fresh mint in the salad as I didn’t have any dried and added more sumac because I love it. So good I kept eating it as I was preparing the rest of dinner.
When you’re snacking on the recipe while still cooking, that’s when you know it’s good haha!! So happy you loved it, Gen! Thank you so much!!
I’m accustomed to tweaking recipes but this is just perfect as it is! We paired it with Maqluba for a fresh crunch. Will definitely make again.
Aww I’m so glad you liked it!
Very good paired with BBQ ribs
Thanks for your feedback and pairing suggestion!
Thanks, I LOVE this salad. We have it every couple of weeks. I make a big batch and it keeps really well for a few days. It is an excellent side dish for fish, meat or veggie curry. Depending what we are having it with, I swap the tomatoes with grated carrots. Trying to use less oil, I use the tiniest bit of olive oil, and add some chopped toasted almonds, and it still tastes really fantastic. So great for when you look in the fridge and think – what am I going to do with this cabbage that has been sitting in here for weeks! Cabbage is a cheap ingredient and keeps really well. Thanks again for posting this recipe.
So glad you enjoy this!
LOVE it too Hannah. Thank you very much Yumna. SO SO good for a single person. Cabbage keeps, then make it again and you have a day or so of great stuff. I reverse the quantities for oil/lemon. But that is just my taste! It is pretty much a weekly event for me now as I always have cabbage.
Yay, I love that it’s become a go-to salad for you! Thanks so much for sharing, Macarl!!