Peking cabbage or Pe-Tsai

Chinese cabbage originates, as its name suggests, from China.

Raw or cooked, it delights us with its freshness, its very slight bitterness and its spiciness

A healthy and delicious addition to any meal

Beijing cabbage, also known as Chinese cabbage or Pe-Tsai.

It is a leafy vegetable widely used in Asian cuisine.

It belongs to the Brassicaceae family and is closely related to common green cabbage. The vegetable has a round, compact head with closely overlapping leaves that are light green in color.

Chinese Cabbage Properties

Bok choy has a mild, sweet flavor, making it a versatile ingredient for many dishes including stir-fries, soups, and salads. It is also a good source of vitamins C and K, and contains antioxidants that help improve immune function and protect against chronic diseases.

It can be stored in the refrigerator for a week.

Peking cabbage in cooking

Chinese cabbage can be eaten raw in salads, stir-fried or braised, and goes wonderfully with meat and fish.

More and more appreciated and present on our tables. It is easy to cook, very versatile and its flavor is truly unique, hard not to like it.

Today it is grown very well throughout Italy, present in almost all small farms.

How to cook bok choy

Remove the leaves and clean them under water. Cut to taste and put in the pan.

You can accompany the cooking with caper and olive oil, or simply with oil, chilli pepper and garlic.

Cooking can also be done in boiling water or steam, but it tends to lose its very pleasant natural spiciness.

Chinese Cabbage Recipe:

Peking cabbage with mushrooms and rice

Ingredients:

1 Onion

Mushrooms

1/2 glass of Organic Rice

Broth of Chicken (a nut is fine too)

Biodynamic pepper

Gray salt

Olive oil

1 Peking Cabbage

STEP 1

Cut the onion into small pieces and sauté it in a pan with a drizzle of olive oil. Add the bacon.

STEP 2

Cut the mushrooms into small pieces and add them to the sautéed onions.

STEP 3

Chop the Chinese cabbage and put it in the pan.

STEP 4

Add the chicken stock

STEP 5

Simmer, stirring occasionally for 10 minutes.

STEP 6

After reducing the cabbage, add 1/2 cup of rice and cook for about 20 minutes, until the cooking juices have been absorbed.

STEP 7

If necessary, add a little water to finish cooking the rice.

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