Eating in China
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Green garlic shoots

蒜苗Suànmiáo

Tender green garlic leaves with a mellow garlic flavour, chopped into the green topping on Lanzhou beef noodles.

Type
Vegetables

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Tender green garlic leaves with a mellow garlic flavour, chopped into the green topping on Lanzhou beef noodles.

In the kitchen

Lanzhou beef noodles.

Leafy green garlic is distinct from mature garlic cloves and from the curled flowering stalks called garlic scapes.

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这道菜里有蒜苗吗?

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