Choy Sum
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Calories: 22
Energy: 92 kj
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Protein: | 3.17 g | |||||||
Fat - total: | 0 g | |||||||
Carbohydrate - by diff: | 2.85 g | |||||||
Sugar - total: | 0.38 g | |||||||
Fibre: | 2.7 g | |||||||
Water: | 92.55 g |
A small, delicate version of pak choy.
Sometimes referred to as a flowering pak choy or Chinese flowering cabbage.
Has a sweet mustardy flavour - nice alternative to broccoli.
The flower shoots are used in salads or stir-fries, they can also be lightly boiled or steamed and eaten with meat.
When mature tiny yellow flowers appear on slightly fleshy stalks 0.5 to 1 cm in diameter and 15 to 20 cm long.
Leaves are light or dark green, generally oval or egg-shaped with slightly-serrated margins.
Choose firm stalks with fresh stems.
Avoid any with brown spots.
High in Vitamin K.
Good source of Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron & Folate.
Provides 92kj / 100g.
Store unwashed in the vegetable crisper of the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
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