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Scrunched Cabbage Salad With Grapefruit and Chiles

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Large tears of Napa cabbage tossed in an emeraldgreen bowl with wedges of grapefruit mint and sliced red chiles.
Photo by Alex Lau, Prop Styling by Kalen Kaminski, Food Styling by Rebecca Jurkevich

Not just for slaw, cabbage is a snappy base that can handle lots of refreshing acidity—in this case from torn grapefruit and hot-and-sour chiles—without withering. A tip we learned from the folks at Drifters Wife in Portland, Maine: A generous sprinkling of salt and a good massage renders the cabbage silky, yet still spunky.

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