Creamy Southwestern Keto Coleslaw Recipe – A Low Carb Side Dish With A Twist!

This creamy southwestern keto coleslaw recipe is a nice change of pace from your usual creamy slaw. It’s full of crunchy cabbage and carrots with a creamy southwestern coleslaw dressing and roasted pecans! It’s full of flavor and will be perfect for your next picnic or try it on fish tacos. Each serving has only 4.3g net carbs.

You might also like this keto creamy cilantro lime coleslaw recipe!

I made some zesty garlic pulled pork in my slow cooker the other day and it was out of this world. Really it was quite good. I used limes and salt and lots and lots of garlic. Anyway I thought that this creamy southwestern keto coleslaw would go perfectly with the zest and spice of the pork.

I’m not a huge fan of the sweetness  of traditional coleslaw so I added some southwestern flavors for a different twist. And I wanted to make this a low carb dinner so the slaw and pork fit the bill.

Coleslaw On A Keto Diet

Some people wonder if you can eat coleslaw on a keto or low carb diet and the answer is yes. However you need to make your own. Classic coleslaw has sugar in it’s dressing but aside from that there are usually only around 3 net carbs in 1 ½ cups of coleslaw mix. 

So the veggies are not very high carb and if you use sweetener in your dressing you can make a low carb coleslaw and not worry about your diet.

 

 

Low Carb Coleslaw Dressing Recipe

Since we are making a southwestern version of creamy coleslaw dressing, we will be adding a few extra spices. This coleslaw dressing uses mayo, lime juice, Swerve brown sugar sweetener, cumin, garlic powder, dried mustard, cayenne and onion powder. Just mix them altogether and you have your southwestern dressing.

 

 

Veggies I Used For This Keto Coleslaw 

The veggies in classic coleslaw is usually just shredded carrots and cabbage. Today I shredded my own cabbage and carrots so I could use a little less carrots because carrots tend to be a higher carb vegetable. However  you could just use a mix if you want. 

 

 

However I also added very thinly sliced onions and roasted pecans. The pecans are optional but I really like the added crunch they give to the slaw.  

How To Quickly Roast Pecans

Just add raw pecans to a dry non stick skillet and let them roast for about 5 minutes until they start to brown and become fragrant. When they cool down, chop them and add to the salad. 

 

Creamy Southwestern Keto Coleslaw

 

To make this coleslaw recipe just mix together the keto coleslaw dressing, roast the pecans and chop the vegetables. Mix everything together and refrigerate until ready to eat. 

Coleslaw Recipe Tips And Notes

• As I mentioned above you can shred your own cabbage and carrots so that you can cut a few carbs by using less carrots. However you can just buy the bag of mix at the grocery store. The carbs are not that bad.
• The roasted pecans are optional but I really like the crunch they give the salad. You can substitute walnuts or almond slices if you wish but I like pecans the best.
• The longer this marinates it the refrigerator the softer the cabbage will get. I personally like it crunchy and eat it right away but that is up to you.
• You can make this more spicy by adding more cayenne or even hot pepper flakes if you wish.

 

 

 

Well I have lots of low carb slaw recipes so if you like this one go and check one of them out. I especially like the creamy cilantro lime coleslaw.

The nutritional information for 1 serving is:

 

181 cals / 16.8g fat / 7g carbs / 2.7g fiber / 1.8g protein = 4.3g net carbs