Sunday, April 25, 2010

Asian Greens ~thinking outside the wok

Image from Vegetablematter.blogspot http://vegetablematter.blogspot.com/2009/09/asian-vegetables-in-houston.html Bok Choy,Pak Choy, Mizuna, Tatsoi, Gai Lan, Mache, not just for stir fries- but also in soups, dumplings, raw in salads, noodle salads, steamed with miso sauce, here are a few recipes to try (vegetarian)... Potstickers: http://chinesefood.about.com/od/vegetarianrecipes/r/vegpotstickers.htm Green dumplings: http://chinesefood.about.com/od/dimsumdumplings/r/greendumpling.htm Fennel Hash, and Minty Noodles with Bok Choy: http://www.vegalicious.org/category/ingredients/leaf-vegetables/bok-choy/ http://thaifood.about.com/od/vegetarianthairecipes/r/veggilemongsoup.htm Mixed Greens and Bean Salad with Creamy Lemon Dressing:http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2008/09/30/bok-choy-outside-the-wok/#more-954 Lebanese pies with Asian greens and feta: http://vegetablematter.blogspot.com/2009/11/lebanese-pies-with-asian-greens-and.html Good thing I've planted about 20 plants, my first mission: dumplings!

2 comments:

  1. I have a vegetable plant I bought at a nursery and they called it "åsian greens". It looks just "Chin Chiang" and grows up with leaves and quickly comes to a flower that is yellow and looks like broccoli rabe when it's young. Do you eat the leaves or the flower or both?

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  2. hi - you can eat both leaves and flowers - it gets hotter flavoured as it matures - I like to pick the leaves when they're smallish

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