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Garlic Chives Two & Ten Ways

Jackie Gordon Singing Chef - Garlic Chives Two & Ten Ways

Whenever I’m in Chinatown or in an Asian market, I take a grab a bunch of garlic chives now and ask questions later approach. The question is usually what am I going to do with all of these garlic chives? You can get a quite a decent sized bunch for just a buck. I snap them up because I can’t buy them in my neighborhood.

I love cooking with them since they are more substantial than traditional chives and can handle some heat. Gau choy fa, or Chinese flowering chives have a garlicky flavor that’s more powerful than chives, but not as powerful as actual garlic. My last bunch made it into two dishes recently, Garlic Chive & Chinese Mushroom Potatoes and a dish I’m calling Garlic Chive Garlic Chard.

I put them in eggs, dumplings, stir-fries, hash, soup and more, but I rarely write the recipes down. Here are some more recipes using garlic chives that sounded good from around the internet. I haven’t tested them, so you may want to proceed with caution.

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Garlic Chive Garlic Chard

Sides, Gluten-Free, Vegetarian & Vegan
Rainbow chard and yellow peppers add the beauty to this recipe and the dynamic duo of garlic and flowering garlic chives adds the flavor.
Garlic Chive Garlic Chard

Ingredients

  • extra-virgin olive oil
  • 4 ounces yellow onions, sliced
  • 2 cloves garlic, sliced
  • 1 small yellow pepper, sliced
  • 4 ounces garlic chives, cut in 1” lengths
  • 1 pound whole baby rainbow chard leaves, washed or large rainbow chard leaves, chopped roughly
  • kosher salt
  • freshly ground black pepper

Directions

  1. Place a medium skillet, over medium heat and add 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
  2. Add onions and cook until translucent, then add garlic and yellow peppers and cook for five minutes, stirring occasionally..
  3. Add garlic chives and baby rainbow chard to skillet and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste. Continue to sauté, for 3 minutes until, stirring constantly until chard is wilted.
  4. Remove chard from the skillet to the serving dish.
Total time:
Yield: 6 servings

Garlic Chive & Chinese Mushroom Potatoes

Sides, Gluten-Free, Vegetarian & Vegan
When I buy garlic chives at the market, they give me so many I have make up dishes to use them up. This was a winner
Garlic Chive & Chinese Mushroom Potatoes

Ingredients

  • 1/2 pound red potatoes, washed,1” dice
  • 6 fresh Chinese mushrooms, stemmed and sliced
  • 1 bunch garlic chives, sliced into 1” lengths including buds
  • Pecorino cheese (optional), grated or shaved
  • Olive oil
  • kosher salt
  • freshly ground black pepper

Directions

  1. Place a medium skillet, over medium heat and add 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
  2. Add potatoes and top with a lid for 5 minutes. Remove lid and stir the potatoes. Cook for five minutes more.
  3. Add the mushrooms and continue to sauté, stirring occasionally, until the potatoes and mushrooms are cooked, then add the garlic chives. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste and cook for 1-2 minutes longer.
  4. Remove from the skillet to the serving dish and top with cheese if using.
Total time:
Yield: 4 servings

Notes

You can substitute rehydrated Chinese mushrooms if you can’t find the fresh ones. You can also use your favorite mushrooms instead or a combination of mushrooms.