Vegetables · Fresh
Shanghai pak choi
Also called Shanghai bok choy, green bok choy, qing cai
Pak choi with pale green, spoon-shaped stems and a mild, sweet flavour; stir-fried, blanched with oyster sauce or added to soups.
- A kind of Pak choi
What can replace it
- T1 · Great swapBaby pak choi
- T2 · GoodChoy sum
Leafier and thinner-stemmed, slightly more mustardy; cooks faster.
- T2 · GoodTatsoi
Smaller, softer spoon leaves with less juicy stem.
- T3 · In a pinchChinese broccoli
More bitter with tougher stems; cook a little longer.
Cook with Shanghai pak choi
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