How to Grow Chinese Garlic Chives by: Sarah 0 Comments Posted:10/27/2022Updated:10/27/2022 I can’t believe we’re already at the fifth installment of our How to Grow Chinese Vegetables series! We’ll be talking about how to grow garlic chives, a Chinese perennial herb that’s perhaps one of the easiest things to grow in your garden.This series is a collaboration between us and Choy Division, a regenerative Asian produce farm in upstate New York.See our previous posts on growing bok choy, napa cabbage, Chinese eggplant, and chilies if you missed them! In our experience, garlic chives, or allium tuberosum, are kind of like grass.

They come back every spring, and they just keep growing after you cut them.While they’re technically an “herb,” they are used in Chinese cooking more like a vegetable—in larger quantities! We’ve grown them every year for as long as I can remember.What Are Garlic Chives? If you’re not familiar with garlic chives, also known as Chinese chives, they are a clump-forming perennial herb/vegetable.

While regular chives are thiin, tubular, and have a strong onion flavor, garlic chive leaves are flat and wide, with a—you guessed it—distinctly garlicky flavor.The chive leaves, stems, and flowers are all edible.The flowering stems, normally sold with a tight, unopened flower bud at the top, are a seasonal specialty.

They have a firmer, crisper texture than the leaves, making them ideal for stir

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