Chinese Chive

Chinese Chive

Chinese chive is very popular vegetable in China. So far, I haven’t see it in American Supermarket.

Compare to regular vegetables, Chinese chive has a strong taste/smell, similar to onion and garlic, but different and lighter. It normally is used in fillings, sometimes in stir fry dishes, but not very often. One of the popular dish is stir fry with eggs.

Chinese chive is a perennial plant, when you harvest, all you need to do is cutting the part about ground, it will keep growing. You can harvest as many time as you like.

For more info., please click the link below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allium_tuberosum

For dishes using Chinese chive, please click on following links:

Stuffed Tortilla with Chinese Chive

Stuffed Bun with Chinese Chive and Egg

Dried Shrimp

 

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Dried shrimp is mainly used for flavor. Compare to fresh shrimp, dried shrimp can bring a much stronger flavor and different for fresh one.

Dried shrimp is normally made with small shrimp.

Dried shrimp is mainly used in fillings, sometimes is used in simmer dishes, once a while in stir fry dishes.

For more info., please click the link below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dried_shrimp

 

For dishes using dried shrimp, please click following links:

Pancake with Zucchini and Dried Shrimp