Ferments & funk · preserved
Mei cai
Also called mei gan cai, dried preserved mustard greens, mui choy
Cantonese mustard greens salted, sometimes sweetened, and dried until dark and leathery; soaked and steamed with pork belly in mei cai kou rou.
- A kind of Pickled mustard greens
What can replace it
- T2 · GoodSnow vegetable
Salty and less sweet or deep; add a little sugar.
- T2 · GoodYa cai
Similarly sweet-salty, but finely chopped stems rather than leafy strands.
- T3 · In a pinchZha cai
Crunchy and chilli-spiced rather than soft, sweet and dark.
Cook with Mei cai
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