Eating in China
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Leafy greens

青菜叶Qīngcài yè

Tender edible vegetable leaves used as the green filling of jade shaomai. The culinary term does not identify a single species or cultivar.

Type
Vegetables

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Green vegetable leaves; identify the particular vegetable separately when it is known.

In the kitchen

Blanched, cooled, chopped and squeezed dry before being mixed into the dumpling filling.

The type of green leaf is not specified here; do not equate this term with bok choy or another particular vegetable.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有青菜叶吗?

Does this dish contain Leafy greens?

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