This Spanish Garlic Cabbage Salad, known as Ensalada de Col Andaluza, is possibly the best cabbage recipe I have ever tasted. We’re talking a ton of great flavors, easy to make, and all done within minutes. Serve it as a side dish next to some pan-grilled fish and a bottle of Spanish wine for a delicious meal.
To make this recipe, I used a head of green cabbage. You can also use red cabbage if you like. Either way, once you slice the cabbage, make sure to salt it and let it rest while you make the dressing. This will extract the water from it. Which will remove any raw flavor and help keep its crunchy texture.
What really flavors this dish is the dressing. Made with olive oil, sliced garlic, sherry vinegar, paprika, and cumin. Make sure to use a great extra virgin olive oil here. As it’s what really makes the difference.
TIPS & TRICKS to Make this Recipe: You can serve this cabbage salad at room temperature or even chilled. It will hold for up to 3 to 4 days in the fridge in an airtight container.
Key Ingredients & Cookware I used in this Recipe:
MY COOKWARE
MY CHEF´S KNIFE
EXTRA VIRGIN SPANISH OLIVE OIL
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Spanish Garlic Cabbage Salad | Ensalada de Col Andaluza
Ingredients
- 1 head green cabbage 1.5 lbs / 675 grams
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil 60 ml
- 8 cloves garlic (thinly sliced)
- 1 tbsp sherry vinegar 15 ml
- 1 1/2 tsp sweet smoked Spanish paprika 4 grams
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin 1.5 grams
- sea salt & black pepper
- chopped parsley for garnish
Instructions
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Remove between 1 to 2 of the outer leaves from the head of cabbage, then cut the head into 4 evenly sized pieces, cut off the core from each piece, and then slice each piece into slices that are 1/4 inch thick (.635 cm)
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Add the sliced cabbage into a strainer and rinse under water, then add into a salad spinner and spin completely dry, you can also add the sliced cabbage over a dishcloth and pat dry, transfer the sliced cabbge into a large bowl and season with salt, set aside
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Heat a fry pan with a medium heat and add in the olive oil
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After a couple of minutes add in the sliced garlic, mix continuously, after 1 to 2 minutes and the garlic is lightly browned, add in the sherry vinegar, paprika, cumin, and season with salt & pepper, turn off the heat and mix together
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Drizzle the olive oil mixture over the sliced cabbage, mix together until well mixed
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Transfer into a large serving dish and sprinkle with chopped parsley, enjoy!
Recipe Notes
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Jen
17 . May . 2025Made this according to the recipe. It tasted fantastic, definitely more than the sum of its parts. It was a big hit with the family. Would be great as a topping on a leftover grilled fish sandwich or saussage on a bun. Lots of potential and will make this again!
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17 . May . 2025Jeffrey
11 . May . 2025Do you saute the cabbage? Add it raw? No cabbage is mentioned in the instructions. Other than slicing and rinsing.
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Just as the instructions state, slice and clean the cabbage, then salt and rest, then add the dressing and ready to serve 🙂 Much love
13 . May . 2025Vicki
06 . May . 2025Spanish cabbage salad was great and super easy to make… I put cumin seeds in while toasting the garlic and used smoked sea salt… I didn’t have the good paprika…
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Sounds great! Thanks for the comment 🙂 Much love
06 . May . 2025Sesilia
Nice one!!!
05 . May . 2025Spain on a Fork
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06 . May . 2025Kathy
05 . May . 2025Fantastic….
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05 . May . 2025Tracy
04 . May . 2025This is a simple easy but yet a delicious coleslaw without the mayo. I always like an oil and vinegar dressing for all of my veggie salads. I bet this would have been even better with a Spanish brand paprika. There is a brand from Spain I would like to try but can’t get it here in Canada or on Amazon.ca . Amazon(USA) has the brand but doesn’t ship to Canada unfortunately. My EVOO is cold pressed from Spain though. I only buy EVOO that is from Spain. 😊
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Yes Spanish paprika makes all the difference! Glad you enjoyed it 🙂 Much love
05 . May . 2025Cecily
04 . May . 2025Cabbage recipe was good love it,will try the other recipes also.
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05 . May . 2025Cora
04 . May . 2025Delicious
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04 . May . 2025Robin
Cabbage Salad sounds great.
04 . May . 2025Spain on a Fork
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04 . May . 2025Presila Perez
03 . May . 2025This is my first time experiencing this cabbage salad. It sounds so delicious. I can’t wait to try it. Once I’ve made it I will come back and give you my best review. Thank you for these recipes, they are all wonderful and yummy.
Sincerely, Presila Perez
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Hope you enjoy! Thanks for the comment 🙂 Much love
04 . May . 2025Mangii
02 . May . 2025Appetising indeed.
I love0 it
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04 . May . 2025