Curtido (Salvadoran Cabbage Slaw)

Here is a simple easy recipe for Curtido, a type of lightly fermented cabbage slaw, usually made with cabbage, onions, carrots, oregano, and sometimes lime juice. Curtido is commonly served alongside Pupusas, a Salvadoran stuffed masa cake.

Easy to assemble cabbage slaw ingredients; red or green cabbage, onions, carrots, and jalapeños, all thinly sliced and shredded. Place slaw in mason jars, pour the vinegar mixture into jars and seal with lid. Allow Curtido to ferment overnight.

 

What to Serve with This:

• Spicy Ground Beef Tacos
• Sopes
• Chilaquiles Verdes
• Pupusas
• Barbacoa Tacos

Author: The Busy Abuelita
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 0
Servings: 6 servings

Curtido (Salvadoran Cabbage Slaw)

Easy to make Curtido (Salvadoran Cabbage Slaw), perfect with Carnitas tacos, and pupusas.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 head cabbage, thinly sliced

• 2 carrots, cleaned and shredded

• 1 red onion, thinly sliced

• 1 jalapeño, diced

• 1 tsp Mexican oregano

• 1 tsp kosher salt or sea salt

• 1 1/2 cup hot water

• 1 cup apple cider vinegar

• 1 tsp brown sugar

Instructions:

• Combine cabbage, carrots, onion, jalapeño in a large bowl, set aside.
• Combine water, vinegar, oregano, brown sugar, and salt in a medium bowl.
• Place cabbage mixture in mason jars, push the mixture down with a spoon
• Add vinegar mixture into mason jars, and cover with a lid.
• Let stand overnight in refrigerator...the longer the slaw ferments the better the taste.