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    Home » Salads, Sides & Dips

    Apple Fennel Slaw

    Published: Jun 3, 2022 · Modified: May 30, 2025 by Zimmy · This post may contain Amazon and other affiliate links · Leave a Comment

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    Move over pork chops with apple sauce, there is a new dish in town! I’ve elevated this classic dish with a slightly spicy apple fennel slaw and laid the chops on bed of creamy polenta.

    A pile of apple fennel slaw over two pork chops.
    Apple Fennel Slaw

    The variety of texture, the brightness of flavours and the tenderness of the chops are mouth-wateringly good together!

    An oval platter with three pork chops topped with apple slaw on a creamy bed of polenta.
    A close up of two pork chops & apple slaw on a bed of creamy polenta.

    📖 Recipe

    A pile of apple fennel slaw over two pork chops.

    Apple Fennel Slaw

    Move over pork chops with apple sauce, there is a new dish in town! I’ve elevated this classic dish with a slightly spicy apple fennel slaw and laid the chops on bed of creamy polenta. The variety of texture, the brightness of flavours and the tenderness of the chops are mouth-wateringly good together!
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    Prep Time 15 minutes mins
    Inactive time 1 hour hr
    Total Time 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins
    Course Salad, Side Dish
    Cuisine North American
    Servings 3 -4 cups

    Equipment

    • 1 32oz Mason jar with tight fitting lid

    Ingredients
      

    • 3 small apples halved, cores removed (use multiple crisp varieties or just your favourite type)
    • 1 small fennel bulb
    • 1 large jalapeño
    • ½ small red onion thinly sliced
    • 1 ½ cups pickle juice from an almost empty jar of pickles in the back of your fridge (or quick-pickling liquid)
    • Apple cider vinegar enough to top off the mason jar

    Instructions
     

    • Pour the pickle juice into the clean 32oz mason jar.
    • Using a fine shredder on a V-shaped mandoline (alternatively, a coarse box grater, or coarse grater attachment on a food processor), carefully shred the apples until you have about 2 ½ cups. Place the apples directly into the pickling liquid to keep them from browning.
    • Then shred the fennel and jalapeno and add them to the jar. Add the sliced onions and top the jar off with apple cider vinegar. Close the lid and shake to combine all the ingredients.
    • Refrigerate until ready to use. Minimum 1 hour or up to 8 hours.
    Keyword Apple and fennel recipes, Apple slaw
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    Have a delicious day! James (aka Zimmy) & Elaine

    This Pork Chops & Apple Slaw (with Creamy Polenta) recipe was created in partnership with Hestan Culinary. Proud Hestan Culinary Ambassador. Opinions in this post are my own.

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