KFC Copycat Coleslaw

Who doesn't love KFC's coleslaw? If you've struggled to make great coleslaw at home, this is your 'go to' recipe. After many variations and attempts, I believe this is the best recipe to copy KFC's coleslaw and it'll be the last one you'll try. You'll be hard pressed to tell the difference from ' The Colonel's ' so be ready for requests for your recipe from friends and family.

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• 3/4 cup Mayonnaise
• 6 Tablespoons Sugar
• 5 teaspoons White Vinegar
• 2 teaspoons Apple Cider Vinegar
• 2 Teaspoons Lemon Juice
• 1/8 teaspoons Salt
• 1 teaspoon Celery Seed
• 2 Tablespoons Onion (minced)
• 1 Package Coleslaw mix (or 6 cups of shredded cabbage & 1/4 cup of shredded carrot)

The unique thing about KFC's coleslaw is the size and texture as you can see in the picture on the left. It's very finely diced and doesn't have the long 'strands and strings' of cabbage you find in many grocery store coleslaw mixes.

Good news though. There's a brand of coleslaw mix that is nearly identical to the size and texture of KFC's that you can find in some grocery stores. This saves lots of tedious chopping and dicing.

The name of the product is Chef Buddy's Southern Slaw Diced Cabbage & Carrots, pictured above on the right.

It resembles the KFC texture and size perfectly and it's inexpensive too.

If you can't find it, you can use any cabbage & carrot coleslaw but chop the long strands of cabbage into dice. Or, if you have one, toss it into a food processor and give it a half dozen pulses to get that small diced texture.

You could also go old school and manually chop and dice your own cabbage and carrots.

Here's a link to the product. https://mcentireproduce.com/product/?cat_id=10

On to making your own KFC coleslaw.............

Here's what you'll need:

• 3/4 cup Mayonnaise
• 6 Tablespoons Sugar
• 5 teaspoons White Vinegar
• 2 teaspoons Apple Cider Vinegar
• 2 Teaspoons Lemon Juice
• 1/8 teaspoons Salt
• 1 teaspoon Celery Seed
• 2 Tablespoons Onion (minced)
• 1 Package Coleslaw mix (or 6 cups of shredded cabbage & 1/4 cup of shredded carrots)

Add all the ingredients to a bowl, except the coleslaw mix.

Whisk the ingredients with a wire whisk or a fork until you have a smooth dressing.

You shouldn't have any lumps of mayonnaise when you're done.

Your finished dressing should resemble this picture when it's mixed well.

Combine the dressing and coleslaw and mix and fold until it's thoroughly coated.

After everything is mixed place your coleslaw in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours so the flavors come together. Making it in the morning and refrigerating it until dinner works great. The colder it gets, the better it tastes.

Enjoy your coleslaw with anything from fried chicken to ribs to hot dogs and make sure you give a salute to ' The Colonel '.