Gai lan, kai-lan, Chinese broccoli, Chinese kale, or jie lan is a leaf vegetable with thick, flat, glossy blue-green leaves with thick stems, and florets similar to broccoli. A Cabbage cultivar, gai lan is in the group alboglabra . When gone to flower, its white blossoms resemble that of its cousin Matthiola incana or Hoary Stock. The flavor is very similar to that of broccoli, but noticeably stronger and slightly more bitter.

Categories: Asian vegetables Cabbage Leaf vegetable Vegetable
Contained by: Gai lan with oyster sauce
Characteristic of: Burmese cuisine Cantonese cuisine Hong Kong cuisine Thai cuisine Vietnamese cuisine
Also known as:
English: Chinese broccoligailanChinese kalekai lan
Wikidata ID: Q1677369
Wikipedia title: Gai lan
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