Tag: jiaozi

Jiucai Growing at our Front Doorstep

Jiucai (garlic chives) in bloom, growing at our front doorstep, Sony H4, macro 4x zoom

Jiucai (garlic chives) in bloom, growing at our front doorstep, Sony H4, macro 4x zoom

This hardy Chinese herb seems to grow everywhere near our house in Toronto, Canada, self seeding without assistance. Jiucai is also called garlic chives. Put it into soup, stews, omelets, and jiaozi. You chop it down but leave the roots and it will grow back, multiple times in a season. Somehow this dainty little plant has moved to many sections of our backyard and have proliferated, but the most convenient is a clump near our front door. So handy yet tasty.