Gai lan, kai-lan, Chinese broccoli, or Chinese kale is a leafy vegetable with thick, flat, glossy blue-green leaves with thick stems, and florets similar to broccoli. A Brassica oleracea cultivar, gai
Broccolini, Aspabroc, Bimi, baby broccoli or tenderstem broccoli, is a green vegetable similar to broccoli but with smaller florets and longer, thin stalks. It is a hybrid of broccoli and gai lan, bot
Gai lan
…baby" version is cultivated through crowding of seedlings and generous fertilization; they resemble Brussels sprouts although they have looser folds. Broccolini is a hybrid between broccoli and gai lan. The stems and leaves of gai lan are eaten widely in Chinese cuisine; common preparations include gai lan…