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This delicious chopped cabbage salad with carrots and kale is a powerhouse of veggies with a touch of {optional} bacon. A hearty make-ahead salad that is packed with so much flavor, it might just become your new favorite side dish.
If salads typically make you cringe, this chopped cabbage and kale salad might just change your mind!
It’s packed with flavor and has a delicious texture similar to coleslaw. Even better, we’re putting some bacon, AKA the candy bar of meats, in it!
And if you want to take it to the next level, top your salad with a batch of our air fryer croutons.
Reader Review
“This is now a way I can get kids to eat the cabbage we get in our CSA shares that I never can used up! My youngest said, “Mom, this is a ‘Make-Again’ one!” That is high praise in this house!! I did use bacon crumbles from Costco and heated them up a bit along with the seeds, and had them on the side for people to add as they wanted. I’m sure that had nothing to do with the love. 🙂 Thank you!”
Tina
If you’re adding the bacon to this recipe, start by baking it in the oven or cooking a few slices in a skillet on the stovetop or air fryer bacon. This post on how to cook bacon in the oven has more details on the oven method.
I love using my food processor for this recipe, because it makes very quick work of chopping all the veggies. Just make sure you use the “pulse” or “chop” function to keep the veggies from getting pureed.
Without a food processor, you can still easily make this salad by using a chef’s knife, a cutting board, and a wee bit of patience.
This salad will keep for days in the fridge, and all the veggies will stay crisp if you add the dressing to each portion prior to serving.
Rainbow Chopped Cabbage Salad
Ingredients
- 5 cups kale {cut into thin ribbons}
- 4 cups green cabbage {chopped}
- 4 cups purple cabbage {chopped}
- 2 cups carrots {chopped}{about 3 medium carrots}
- 1 cup celery {chopped}{about 2 stalks celery}
- 1/3 cup sunflower seeds
- 1/3 cup raw pumpkin seeds
- 1 cup bacon {cooked, cooled, and minced}
- Dressing of your choice
Instructions
- Wash and dry all produce.
- Lay your kale on a cutting board, and remove the ribs by slicing along the middle of each side. Thinly chop and place in a large mixing bowl.5 cups kale
- Finely chop the cabbage or pulse in a food processor. Add to the mixing bowl.4 cups green cabbage, 4 cups purple cabbage
- Peel and chop the carrots or pulse in a food processor. Add to the mixing bowl.2 cups carrots
- Chop the celery and add it to the bowl.1 cup celery
- Add sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, and chopped bacon.1/3 cup sunflower seeds, 1/3 cup raw pumpkin seeds, 1 cup bacon
- Mix all ingredients with tongs and top each serving with your dressing of choice.Dressing of your choice
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
