The star of the East is Chinese cabbage. At the word cabbage, you immediately imagine a large, tight head of cabbage with a crispy stump. Chinese or Beijing cabbage does not fit this image at all. Her leaves are juicy and tender, and the cobs are not at all, not in vain she is often confused with salad. As white cabbage is loved and revered in Europe , so in Japan, China, and countries of Central Asia, Chinese cabbage is loved and popular. The recipes for its preparation are carefully stored there and passed from hand to hand.
From the point of view of a nutritionist, Chinese cabbage is a very useful product that contains a large amount of carotene, vitamin C, B vitamins, folic acid, and therefore should be actively used in dietary dishes. But Chinese cabbage, whose recipes are not so numerous, has conquered the world by no means a diet dish - kimchi. Kimchi is a Korean- style sauerkraut , salted in a special way, a truly national Korean dish. Koreans cannot imagine a meal without kimchi, and they are great masters in cooking it. In our markets you can see the full variety of this dish, there are many varieties. Kimchi has a specific original taste, it may seem too spicy, but this particular feature attracts fans of this piquant dish. If there is Chinese cabbage in the house, the recipes are copied and studied - it's time to start cooking kimchi.
Kimchi
In addition to 1 piece of cabbage you will need: green onion - a bunch, garlic - 4 cloves, red and green chili peppers - 1 pc., A small slice of ginger, soy sauce - 5 tbsp. l., rice vinegar or regular - 5CT. l., sugar - 3 tbsp. l., salt - 3 tbsp. L. Remove the top leaves from the cabbage and cut into 4 parts along the length, and then across in narrow stripes. Fold in a bowl, preferably a glass deep bowl, sprinkle with salt. Cover with a film and allow to infuse for a day. Stir in cabbage, drain excess juice. Chop green onions into thin rings, chop the garlic, remove the stem from the peppers and chop finely. Grated peeled ginger. Mix all this with cabbage. Mix soy sauce with vinegar, sugar, add a little water. Pour the cabbage with this mixture so that it is completely covered. Close the lid and set to ripen in the cold. After 3 days, the cabbage is ready, you can try.
If the spicy taste of kimchi is not too good, you can prepare a nutritious and healthy salad. Nutritionists are absolutely right, Chinese cabbage is just perfect for making light salads and vegetable side dishes. It blends wonderfully with apples, oranges, pineapples.
Chinese Cabbage Salad with Chicken
Cabbage - 250 gr., Chicken fillet - 200 gr., Canned pineapples - 250 gr., Green onions - 100 gr., Mayonnaise - 100 gr. Boil the chicken, cut not very finely, cut the onion feathers into rings, finely chop the cabbage. Pineapple, if it is ringleted, cut into cubes. Combine all this, season with mayonnaise. No salt needed. By the way, there is a lot of salad, enough for the whole family.
Chinese cabbage can be fried, boiled delicious vegetable soups from it, stewed. In order for the stewed Chinese cabbage to turn out to be truly tasty, tender and aromatic, you need to try to master some recipes, each of which has its own “zest” and is good in its own way. To start, try cooking stewed cabbage with bacon.
Chinese cabbage stewed with bacon
Chinese cabbage - 0.5 pcs., Korean carrots - 100 g, leeks - 50 g, bacon - 100gr meat broth - 1 cup, melted butter - 50g allspice - 4-5 peas, salt.
Cut the cabbage and bacon into strips, and the onion rings. Melt ghee in a pan, lightly fry the cabbage, add Korean carrots and onions to it, and salt to taste. After a few minutes add the bacon. Put peas at the bottom of the pot or other suitable utensils, fold the fried cabbage and cover. Bake in a hot oven for half an hour. Before serving, garnish with greens and lemon slices, sprinkle with vinegar.
Recently, Chinese cabbage has become popular not only in the East, but also in Europe, America, and other countries. The popularity of this oriental product is comparable only with Japanese sushi. Now, a menu of many European families includes wonderful Chinese cabbage. The recipes are simple and do not require great culinary skills. Fast, tasty and healthy.