Curtido (Salvadoran Pickled Slaw)

This is a condiment served with almost any meal in El Salvador. It goes great with tamales and pupusas!

Step: 1

Mix cabbage, onion, carrot, and chile peppers together in a large bowl. Sprinkle salt evenly on top. Cover with boiling water. Cool to room temperature, about 1 hour.

Step: 2

Pour vinegar over cabbage mixture; add oregano. Mix together carefully.

Step: 3

Cover and refrigerate until flavors combine, 8 hours to overnight.

Per Serving: 34 calories; protein 1.6g; carbohydrates 7.8g; fat 0.2g; sodium 1074.9mg.

The most obvious way to choose a side dish is to look at your main dish (pasta, chicken, seared tofu) and pick more different. When you’re making pasta, make sure for a simple healthy dish . Making steak? Go for something light. If you’re making stir-fry with rice, it must not a best idea to also make a rice salad.

This also can make to cooking method . You don’t want to push more often your oven by making to do list three dishes at once in there, or be juggling four pans on the stovetop . But sometimes you can make a dish do double-duty .