If you’re looking to make the very best coleslaw recipe, this copycat Chick-fil-A Cole Slaw is made for you! Creamy and delicious, it’s the perfect potluck recipe.
Need more potluck recipes? We love bringing this easy fruit salsa to parties, served up with our homemade cinnamon chips!
Why this Recipe Works
When Chick-fil-a discontinued their coleslaw, they did an amazing next step. They shared the recipe!
So I made it, and loved it, and it tastes just like the original (well, I guess it IS the original). And thought I would share it with you in case you love coleslaw as much as I do!
- Fresh ingredients!
- Tangy and flavorful.
- One bowl.
Favorite Potluck Recipes: Macaroni Salad | Loaded Potato Salad
Ingredient Notes
Cabbage- for an easy shortcut, I buy the already shredded cabbage mix for coleslaw. If you’re making your own, you can use green cabbage or a combination of red and green cabbage.
Mayonnaise- this is what gives this coleslaw it’s creaminess.
Vinegar- Chick-fil-a uses white vinegar, but you could also swap it out for apple cider vinegar. The vinegar adds the zesty tangy flavor to the dressing.
Sugar- just a touch of sweetness for the best coleslaw recipe!
Dry Mustard- adds a little flavor and spice to the recipe.
Coleslaw Dressing
Making coleslaw is so easy.
Step 1: Whisk together the mayonnaise, vinegar, sugar, dry mustard, and salt in a mixing bowl until smooth and creamy!
Step 2: Add in shredded coleslaw mix and fold over until completely coated.
PRO TIP: The Chick fil A coleslaw recipe calls for two bags of shredded cabbage and 1/4 cup shredded carrots. I bought shredded coleslaw mix instead! Huge saver.
Step 3: Cover and refrigerate 2 hours, or overnight. Serve and enjoy!
The flavor of this coleslaw is perfect. Not too sweet, not too vinegary…it’s JUST RIGHT. Try it. You’ll see.
Tips and Tricks
- Make in advance. If you’re shredding your own cabbage and carrots, you can do this a day in advance. You can make the dressing several days in advance and store it in the refrigerator separately from the cabbage.
- Refrigerate Coleslaw before serving. By combining the slaw with the dressing for two hours in the refrigerator, it allows the cabbage to soften slightly to make it the perfect texture!
- Hawaiian Slaw. Try our delicious Kalua pork with homemade hawaiian slaw. SO GOOD.
- To make coleslaw healthier, swap out the half mayonnaise for plain Greek yogurt.
- Chop it small. Love the small pieces of cabbage in your slaw? Make it your own by chopping all the cabbage and carrots into small pieces. This will make it more similar to KFC Coleslaw.
Serving Suggestions
Creamy coleslaw is perfect on a pulled pork sandwich! It’s also a great side dish for burgers, pork chops, and bbq chicken.
Swap out the lettuce on your sandwiches for a spoonful of homemade coleslaw. It’s a delicious addition, and a classic side.
Add some mix-ins. Sliced almonds, cranberries, and poppyseeds are great additions to coleslaw to give it a unique flavor!
More Potluck Recipes
- Broccoli Salad
- Pistachio Salad
- Instant Pot Sloppy Joes
- Cucumber Salad
- Potato Salad
- Chinese Coleslaw
- 7 Layer Salad
Chick-fil-A Cole Slaw
If you're looking to make the very best coleslaw recipe, this copycat Chick-fil-A Cole Slaw is made for you! Creamy and delicious, it's the perfect potluck recipe.
Ingredients
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 4 teasoons white vinegar
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ tsp dry mustard
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 bags (14 ounce each) shredded cole slaw mix
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the mayo, vinegar, sugar, dry mustard, and salt until smooth.
- Add in shredded cole slaw mix and fold over with spatula until completely coated. Cover and refrigerate 2 hours, or overnight.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- Make in advance. If you're shredding your own cabbage and carrots, you can do this a day in advance. You can make the dressing several days in advance and store it in the refrigerator separately from the cabbage.
- Refrigerate Coleslaw before serving. By combining the slaw with the dressing for two hours in the refrigerator, it allows the cabbage to soften slightly to make it the perfect texture!
- Hawaiian Slaw. Try our delicious Kalua pork with homemade hawaiian slaw. SO GOOD.
- To make coleslaw healthier, swap out the half mayonnaise for plain Greek yogurt.
- Chop it small. Love the small pieces of cabbage in your slaw? Make it your own by chopping all the cabbage and carrots into small pieces. This will make it more similar to KFC Coleslaw.See blog post for more recipe tips and tricks.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
8Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 218Total Fat: 21gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 17gCholesterol: 12mgSodium: 255mgCarbohydrates: 7gFiber: 0gSugar: 7gProtein: 0g
*Nutrition facts are an estimate and not guaranteed to be accurate. Please see a registered dietitian for special diet advice.
The BEST Copycat Chick fil A Coleslaw recipe. Creamy and zesty just like you expect it to taste!
Tip: Save back an empty mayo jar, put all dressing ingredients in empty jar (or to remaining mayo in jar) and shake to mix.
I also like to use half mayo, half sour cream or you could use plain Greek yogurt..
Great tip! THank you.
Fantastic Tip- I’ve been doing it for years too. For the last several years I have been physically disabled and in a wheelchair but I am now gaining my “spunk” back through rehabilitation services and am going back into the kitchen to cook! I made a bologna sandwich spread and put the empty mayo jar back in the frig. My husband thought I was nuts and proceeded to tell me so. I told him about “saving” the empty jars to use as a dressing shaker as I am making coleslaw today. Smart wife, huh, and it doesn’t leave another dish for me to wash and the dressing is thoroughly mixed too!
Dear Mam:Should the shredded cabbage be boiled into hot water before mixing with other ingredients and before keeping frozen to make it not to crunchy to chew?
There should be no freezing or boiling of cabbage.
Very good! Made for company who really enjoyed. Im the tough sell but it was great! Will try with Swerve (or something similar) and maybe 1/2 Greek Yogurt and see how they are.
What? No sour cream in this recipe?should be the same amount as the mayo. I also add 1.5 tsp of sweet relish(for every 1/4) of the amount of cabbage.
It came out super delicious!.
This is the official chick-fil-a recipe 🙂 They don’t use sour cream in theirs!
Was soooo good
I love Chic Fil a coleslaw so I am making it for my nieces wedding reception. **** I need some help calculating this recipe to feed 150 people. *****I know some recipe sites will let you adjust the servings and the recipe will be altered accordingly but I did not see that option on this site.
Any help would be appreciated!!!!!!!
Not even close to being enough dressing. Maybe for one bag but definitely not two. I made a double batch of the dressing.
But I loved the taste of the dressing and even though it’s not used at Chic fil A I did add black pepper.
If you make and let it sit – 2 bags does work. I had my doubts, too.
Super yummy! I switch out vinegar for Apple cider vinegar! I also use this base in my chicken salad recipe along with dried cranberries and candied nuts and whatever you might like then put it on a great roll for chicken salad sandwiches 😉
Love this recipe. Was so disappointed when chick fil let quit serving coleslaw!
Loved it! Tastes a lot like the coleslaw at Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop that they put in their sandwiches:)
So easy!
Delish! Perfect balance of flavor – tangy and sweet. I did lighten up a bit by using 1/2 regular Mayo and 1/2 light Mayo and I sweetened with Swerve instead of white sugar. This is a keeper.
Great tips, thank you Tracey!
We loved it with 1/2 the sugar! Yum!
I am a Chik-Fil-A coleslaw enthusiast and aficionado. To properly recreate their slaw you must use minced or diced cabbage and carrots instead of the shredded form. It makes a huge difference in taste and texture. Furthermore, it becomes more of a condiment or relish that eats well on a chicken sandwich.
Here’s to happy eating!
I really like your Cole slaw dressing it is good.k