What Is Kai lan (gai lan or chinese broccoli) and How Can I Use It?
Kai lan (gai lan or Chinese broccoli) rewards a little know-how: how to choose it, cook it, store it, and substitute in a pinch. Browse 2 recipes to cook with it.
What is kai lan (gai lan or Chinese broccoli)?
Kai-lan (also written as gai-lan) is the Chinese name for a vegetable that is also known as Chinese broccoli or Chinese kale. It is a leaf vegetable featuring thick, flat, glossy blue-green leaves with thick stems and a small number of tiny flower heads similar to those of broccoli.
Its flavor is very similar to that of broccoli, but slightly more bitter. It is also noticeably stronger. Broccolini is a hybrid between broccoli and kai-lan.
- In Chinese:
- 芥兰（盖兰和中国西兰花）
- British (UK) term:
- Kai lan (gai lan or chinese broccoli)
- en français:
- kai lan (gai lan ou le brocoli chinois)
- en español:
- kai lan (gai lan o brócoli chino)
Recipes using kai lan (gai lan or Chinese broccoli)
There are 2 recipes that contain this ingredient.
Soba in Chicken Broth
Japanese soba noodles in ginger-miso chicken broth with shiitake mushrooms, gai lan, and fresh cilantro. Restaurant-quality slurpable noodle soup ready in 40 minutes at home.
Breakfast Bee Hoon
When preparing this popular breakfast dish at home you can control the type and quantity of oil being used, the type of bee hoon (organic brown rice bee hoon is widely available now and not expensive) and use as many different green vegetables as you have on hand to increase its nutritional profile.
