Yen Can Cook ~ Stir Fried Royale Chives with Beansprouts
Royale Chives, or more commonly known as Qing Long Cai 青龙菜, literally translated as “Green Dragon Vegetable. It belongs to the Allium family which includes hundreds of species such as onion, garlic, shallot, scallion, chives and leek.
Royale Chives are grown using a modified process that changes the yellow chives into a more tender and less fibrous green version that does not have the strong garlic taste. This vegetable is low in calories yet high in beneficial nutrients like vitamins, minerals and antioxidants.
Ingredients (Serve: 3-4)
1 packet (150g) Royale Chives
50g beansprouts, root trimmed
5 cloves garlic, minced
1/3 thumb sized ginger, julliened
1 tablespoon cooking wine
1 tablespoon cooking oil
Salt to taste
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Step 1: Wash the Royale Chives thoroughly, drain and cut them into uniform sections.
Step 2: Heat up cooking oil in a wok in high heat, saute the garlic and until fragrant.
Step 3: Add in beansprout and stir fry until slightly soften, add in Royale chives (Step 1) and drizzle the cooking wine around the edge of the wok and stir fry for another 20 seconds or until the Royal Chives are just cooked. Season with salt.
Step 4: Serve.
HAPPY COOKING! #dudukrumahagain #stayhealthy
I know them as dragon green vegetables (wasn’t aware that they were called royale chives). Now I know why I love this….coz they’re royale (rather expensive too)…lol! 😀 I’ve always eaten them fried on their own, never with taugeh. Not easy to cook, must have high heat and very fast for it to stay crisp, otherwise overcooked and layu….hehehe! 😉
Kris, I Google its name 😛
I love these vege too but only ate at the restaurant, quite pricey. Must try to cook on my own.
PH, true, restaurants charge quite expensive for this dish but cook at home is 50% cheaper than that. ^__^
I didn’t know this Dragon Dish could be fried like this. It is something new to me as I often saw it being sprinkled on other dishes.
TM, I had this combination at Dai Chow so I duplicated it at home. Being sprinkled on other dishes? Do you confuse it with spring onion?
These royale chives and beansprouts look like they are dancing so nicely on the plate. 🙂
Tekkaus, good description!
Ahhh royal chives is the name! I always call it green dragon vege! LOL
KY, you’re correct, it’s common name is green dragon veggie 🙂
I’ve seen these in the market and the vendor couldn’t recommend how to cook. Just saw these again at a restaurant as part of a set menu. Figured I could do this right? Bought the bean sprouts and the chives and snickered to the market vendor I’ll try cooking this tonight. However It’s really dirt prone, any tips if they appear limp after all the cleaning?