蒜苗 (suànmiáo) · green garlic; young garlic plant

Measure Word

一根蒜苗 gēn

Meanings

1 green garlic; young garlic plant
2 garlic scape

About the ingredient

蔬菜 Vegetables

Young garlic pulled before the bulb forms, like a slim leek with flat leaves and a mild garlic taste. Used in twice-cooked pork and with cured meat. Around Beijing the name means 蒜薹, the flower stalk.

Also called 青蒜

Used in 5 dishes

萝卜干炒腊肉 luóbogān chǎo làròu

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

回锅肉一定要放蒜苗。

Huíguōròu yídìng yào fàng suànmiáo.

Twice-cooked pork must have green garlic.

HSK 7-9

蒜苗炒腊肉特别下饭。

Suànmiáo chǎo làròu tèbié xiàfàn.

Green garlic stir-fried with cured pork really goes well with rice.

Tips

usage

蒜苗 means different things in different places. In Sichuan dishes such as 回锅肉 it is the leafy young garlic plant, also called 青蒜. Elsewhere, especially in the north, it can mean the flowering stalk, 蒜薹 (also written 蒜苔), sold as long round sticks. 蒜黄 is the young plant grown in the dark, pale yellow.