Eating in China
AI-generated ingredient illustration: a fresh bamboo shoot with layered sheath, a peeled shoot and cut pieces.

Bamboo shoot

竹筍Zhúsǔn

Tender young bamboo growth, sold fresh, canned, vacuum-packed or frozen.

Type
Vegetables

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Tender young bamboo growth, sold fresh, canned, vacuum-packed or frozen.

In the kitchen

Combined with pork and mushroom in ba-wan filling.

Spring and winter shoots are different forms.

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