Eating in China
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Dried daylily buds

干黄花菜Gān huánghuācài

Dried unopened daylily flowers, with a slender bud shape and a firm stem tip; distinct from lily bulbs.

Type
Vegetables

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Dried unopened daylily flowers, with a slender bud shape and a firm stem tip; distinct from lily bulbs.

In the kitchen

Rehydrated buds are cut into Qishan saozi toppings and also appear in hulutou.

Used dried and soaked, with the tough basal tip trimmed.

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这道菜里有干黄花菜吗?

Does this dish contain Dried daylily buds?

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