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Allium tuberosum (garlic chives, Oriental garlic, Asian chives, Chinese chives, Chinese leek) is a species of plant native to the Chinese province of Shanxi, and cultivated and naturalized elsewhere in Asia and around the world. [1] [4] [5] [6] It has a number of uses in Asian cuisine.
Allium ramosum, called fragrant-flowered garlic [4] or Chinese chives [5] [6] is a northern Asian species of wild onion native to Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Siberia, the Russian Far East, and northern China (Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Xinjiang).
Chives, scientific name Allium schoenoprasum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae. A perennial plant, A. schoenoprasum is widespread in nature across much of Eurasia and North America.
Many are named after the first person to breed them, or the locality they came from. Different localities often use their own common names for cultivars that are genetically almost identical. Sometimes different cultivars are known by the same common name (for example the name 'Chinese chives' could be referring to Allium odorum or Allium ...
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Allium chinense (also known as Chinese onion, [3] [4] Chinese scallion, [3] glittering chive, [5] Japanese scallion, [3] Kiangsi scallion, [4] and Oriental onion [3]) is an edible species of Allium, native to China, [3] and cultivated in many other countries. [6] Its close relatives include the onion, scallion, leek, chive, and garlic. [7]
The usage of garlic chives' flowers in a dipping sauce for mutton dates from the 8th or 9th century CE. In the Jiu Hua Tie, the fifth most important piece of Chinese calligraphy in semi-cursive script, Yang Ningshi (873–954) [4] [5] recorded using garlic chive flowers to enhance the flavors of mutton:
Jiucai hezi (Chinese: 韭菜盒子 "chive box"), also called chive pockets, are a type of savory pie originating from Shandong, China. They are made of Chinese chives and eggs in a flour wrapper, then pan fried or baked. Jiucai hezi are traditionally eaten to celebrate the Chinese New Year.