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Festive Red Cabbage and Radicchio Salad

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Red cabbage and radicchio salad on a platter
Photograph by Joe Lingeman, Food Styling by Liberty Fennell, Prop Styling by Maggie DiMarco

If you’re looking for a showstopping salad for your holiday table—or just something fresh and crunchy to tack on to a simple roast chicken dinner—stop scrolling! This moody-colored mix of cold-weather stalwarts, like radicchio, cabbage, red onion, and citrus, is equal parts juicy, fresh, and festive. Cara Cara, Valencia, or standard navel oranges will work in a pinch. Look for a smaller, more-tender head of cabbage for this salad, and don’t skip the massaging step—you want to retain some crunch, but not overwhelm with too much thick roughage.

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