This is Joi Choi, it can be tough to distinguish from the collard greens, these have more of a violet stem, whereas the collards just have violet tips.
These are Collard Greens. For similar items I'll group them together. We prepare these in much the same way along with radish greens and beet greens. They each have their own subtle differences in flavor, but in general like recipes can be used.
We went to our go-to greens recipe of braising in chicken stock and bacon fat with sauteed onions and garlic scape for our first go around with joi choi.
ReplyDeleteOur second effort was mixing the rest of the joi choi, the radish greens and collards along with garlic scapes, onions and chilli seasoning and about 16 oz of water in the slow cooker. Then we added some boiling beef and soap bones to render a broth along with a pound and half of ground beef. Once I got home I tossed in some fresh oregano and parsley. I fished out the bones and enjoy the marrow from the soup bones as a little app. It all came out really good. This would be something to think about if you're getting to the end of the week and have some greens that need to be polished off.
This week, I tried just steaming some of the greens and throwing a little hot sauce on at the end, which came out great.
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