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HK food green long leaf vegetable Indian lettuce 油麥菜 Lactuca sativa November 2022 Px3 02
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MoRntashamL GOLD
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Photo credit

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HK food green long leaf vegetable Indian lettuce 油麥菜 Lactuca sativa November 2022 Px3 03
By
MoRntashamL GOLD
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CC BY-SA 4.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Stir-fried Indian Lettuce
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Ceeseven
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油麦菜

油麥菜
yóumàicài
noun

Measure Word

一把油麦菜 bǎ

Meanings

  1. 1 Indian lettuce
  2. 2 Chinese leaf lettuce

About the ingredient

蔬菜 Vegetables

A leaf lettuce with long, narrow, pointed leaves, crisp at the heart and slightly bitter. Very tender and easy to overcook, it is stir-fried quickly with garlic, cooked in hot pot, or blanched.

Also called  莜麦菜

Examples

HSK 6
油麦菜比生菜口感更脆。
Yóumàicài bǐ shēngcài kǒugǎn gèng cuì.
Indian lettuce has a crunchier texture than regular lettuce.
HSK 7-9
蒜蓉油麦菜是火锅店的招牌素菜。
Suànróng yóumàicài shì huǒguōdiàn de zhāopai sùcài.
Garlic Indian lettuce is the signature vegetable dish at hot pot places.

Tips

usage
Often confused with 生菜 (head lettuce). 油麦菜 has long, narrow leaves and is usually stir-fried with garlic rather than eaten raw.

Stroke Order

油 yóu
麦 mài
菜 cài