Food and Recipes Side Dishes Spicy Pepper Jelly Coleslaw Recipe Be the first to rate & review! It's not illegal to have a cookout without coleslaw on the table, but it might as well be. This summertime staple is always expected and goes with just about anything on the menu, but after making it once or twice a season, it can seem a little boring. So we kicked things up with a hot-and-sweet coleslaw with thinly sliced napa cabbage and bell peppers, fresh cilantro, red onion and a dressing made with pepper jelly, lime juice, and cayenne pepper. This side dish will not only add color to your table, the lively, crunchy mix of ingredients tastes great too. When making the vinaigrette, make sure to choose a red pepper jelly, not green. Green will taste fine, but it won't look very nice! By Pam Lolley Pam Lolley Pam Lolley developed and tested recipes for Southern Living Magazine in the Souths most trusted Test Kitchen for 19 years. She worked closely with the editors planning and packaging stories, collaborating with art and photo teams on food styling and recipe reproduction to ensure reader satisfaction, content quality control, and recipe authenticity history and cooking. Her area of expertise was baking and and pastry development and she acted as the point person for these areas in the Test Kitchen. With 30+ years of experience in the culinary field, Pam created and tested 1000s of recipes for Southern Living. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Published on June 10, 2019 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling: Audrey Davis; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall Active Time: 20 mins Total Time: 20 mins Yield: 6 serves Ingredients 4 cups shredded napa cabbage (from 1 head cabbage) 1 cup thinly sliced red bell pepper (from 1 bell pepper) 1 cup thinly sliced yellow bell pepper (from 1 bell pepper) 1/2 cup thinly sliced red onion (from 1 onion) 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro 1/4 cup red pepper jelly 3 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice (from 1 lime) 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1/4 teaspoon black pepper Directions Toss together cabbage, bell peppers, onion, and cilantro in a bowl. Whisk together pepper jelly, oil, lime juice, salt, cayenne, and black pepper in a small bowl. Add to cabbage mixture; toss until well coated. Rate it Print