I first came across this vegetable in a chinese restaurant called gourmet dumpling house in china town boston. This is an authentic chinese place, well I call it authentic coz the place had a lot of chinese customers. What me and my friends observed was that every table was having a huge serving of green vegetable. We asked the server what it was and found that it was gai lag , chinese broccoli. It was served with oyster sauce, but I am a vegetarian so I came home and tried it with different combinations that I had in my kitchen. It turned out great and was YUMM... Hope you like it too.
Ingredients:
Gai Lan
1 garlic cloves
1-tbsp sesame oil
1-tbsp Hoisin Sauce
1-tbsp Chilli oil
2- tbsp finely chopped green onion
salt
Directions:
- Wash and snap the stems of Gai Lan unto the soft parts of the stem. Cut them into bite size pieces.
- Blanch the vegetable i.e., put them in pot of boiling water for a 5-6 seconds and immediately transfer them to a bowl of ice cold water (we do this to stop the vegetable from cooking further). Then strain and set aside. OR
If you don't want to go through the hassle, just sauté the vegetable. - In a pan add oil and mashed garlic pieces followed by green onion. Saute them for 3-4 seconds.
- Add the braised Gai lan , chilli oil and hoisin sauce to it, mix it and remove it immediately.
Serve this dish with plain rice. Do not over cook, it tastes good when crunchy. It has a lot of health benefits as its rich in Vitamins and minerals like A,C, K and Iron. If you are a health buff and crave for healthy nutritious food like me, you should try this one.
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| Gai Lan with Hoisin Sauce |
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