Japanese coleslaw is easy to make. Remember to cut or plan thin strips of cabbage.
Masterchef Finland 2025 winner Samuli Sepponen coleslaw is super delicious.
Sepponen likes to cook Asian food, so even the cabbage salad got a Japanese twist.
Cabbage should be sliced as thin as possible. Planers for slicing cabbage are sold separately in stores, but the video shows a handy tool found in every kitchen.
Cabbage is cheap to eat: it easily costs less than two euros per kilo.
Cabbage is an inexpensive and healthy raw material. Rosa Bröijer
Japanese cabbage salad with apple and sesame dressing
approx. 500 g of white or cabbage in thin strips
2 green apples
Sesame dressing:
3 tablespoons roasted white sesame seeds (ground in a mortar)
2 tablespoons of Japanese mayonnaise (e.g. Kewpie)
2 tablespoons of rice vinegar
1.5 tablespoons of soy sauce
2 teaspoons of sugar
0.5 tsp mirin
0.5 tsp roasted sesame oil
1. Remove the outer leaves of the cabbage and split the cabbage. Cut or plan into thin strips.
2. Wash the apples, remove the cores and grate the apples into a coarse grater.
3. Mix the grated apple into the cabbage.
4. Grind the roasted sesame seeds in a mortar and mix all the sauce ingredients together.
5. Combine the coleslaw and dressing, mix thoroughly. Garnish with sesame seeds.