spinach
菠菜· bocai
fresh
Taste & Role
🍯 Sweet
In Chinese cooking, spinach is most often stir-fried simply with garlic, blanched and tossed in cold-dressed appetizers with sesame paste or peanuts, simmered in homey soups, or chopped into fillings for dumplings and buns. It also works well as a quick greens addition to noodle dishes and hot pot.
What it is
Spinach is a tender leafy green with dark green leaves and crisp, slender stems. It is one of the most popular leafy vegetables in Chinese home cooking, valued for how quickly it cooks and how readily it soaks up seasonings. It wilts down dramatically when heated, so recipes typically call for large bunches.
Nutrition
per 100 g- Calories
- 26.602 kcal
- Protein
- 2.851875 g
- Total fat
- 0.6188 g
- Carbs
- 2.406325 g
- Fiber
- 1.558 g
- Sodium
- 111.4 mg
USDA FoodData Central (closest standard match)
Substitutes
No registered substitutes — this one is usually easy to find.
Recipes using it
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