[Sca-cooks] Advice on a leafy green vegetable

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Aug 14, 2009, at 12:16 PM, Susan Fox wrote:

> Asian markets are such fun.  I discovered a leafy veg called "on  
> choy" that I think I like better than spinach anyway.  Very mild in  
> flavor and takes up sauces like a champ.

A.k.a. hong choy, water spinach, or simply "hollow-stemmed vegetable"  
in English. Most commonly sauteed with lots of garlic and ginger, or  
with white fermented bean curd "cheese" sauce (fu yee or fu ngoy).  
Less astringent than spinach, too.

I believe it's an amaranth relative.

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