Curtido Recipe (Salvadorian Cabbage Slaw)

🧂 Ingredients

• 1.5-2 cups thinly sliced or shredded green or white cabbage

  (about 1/2 head)
• 1 small white onion

  thinly sliced (about ¾ cup)
• 1 medium carrot

  peeled and thinly sliced (about ½ cup)
• 1 jalapeno

  optional for a spicy version - thinly sliced (or use hotter peppers)
• 1 cup apple cider vinegar
• 3 tablespoons salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar

  optional
• 1 bay leaf

Instructions

• 1 Mix the cabbage, onion, and carrot together in a bowl.
• 2 Transfer the mixture to a large jar, like a Ball jar.
• 3 Whisk together the brine ingredients - vinegar, salt, and optional sugar - then
  pour it into the jar. Be sure to completely cover the vegetables with the brine.
  Add the bay leaf.
• 4 Secure the lid and refrigerate for 3 days or longer to let the flavors mingle.
  It gets better as it ages.

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