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Garlic chives

Flat, grass-like leaves with a mild garlic flavor used in dumplings, stir-fries, soups, and garnishes.

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About Garlic chives

Garlic chives are the flat, narrow green leaves of an allium cultivated for its foliage. They are used in dumpling fillings, stir-fries, soups, noodles, pancakes, egg dishes, and savoury garnishes, either raw or briefly cooked.

The leaves have a fresh, mild garlic flavour with a slight onion note. They are tender when young and become more fibrous as they lengthen. Longer cooking makes them softer and milder. Unopened flower buds and white blossoms may also be sold separately or with the leaves.

Fresh bunches are the usual form, though cut or packaged leaves may vary in thickness, tenderness, and the proportion of stems or flower buds included. The leaves resemble coarse grass or flattened chives, with appearance changing as they lengthen and as buds or blossoms are included.

Ingredient type
whole food

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English

garlic chives

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Garlic chives nutrition & diet

Garlic chives nutritional value

Chinese chive, leaves, raw — MEXT 06207

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the explicitly named reference form.

Calories
18kcal
Protein
1.7g
Carbs
4.0g
Fat
0.3g

Per 100 g edible portion. Values use MEXT 2023 with March 2026 corrections; the English food name is matched by food code from the official English edition. Carbohydrate is total carbohydrate by difference. Values in parentheses in the source are estimates reported by MEXT. This reference does not cover other preparations or brands.

Portions & preparation

Use the tender flat leaves and, when present, unopened flower stalks, removing tough or wilted portions. Fresh garlic chives differ from dried or frozen forms in water content and usable portion. Cooking in dumplings, stir-fries, soups, or fillings adds oil, salt, sauces, and other ingredients that should be assessed separately.

Compare the right form: Reference should match fresh garlic chive leaves or flower stalks, or the specified frozen or dried form and edible portion.

Diet considerations

Garlic chives are plant-derived, but prepared foods using them may contain egg, meat, seafood, dairy, or cereal wrappers and fillings. Plain fresh leaves suit plant-based recipes; dumplings, sauces, and stir-fries require a full ingredient review. Drying or processing changes the portion pattern and may add seasonings.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
    Not established
  • Pescatarian
    Not established
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: MEXT Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan, 2023 supplement, corrected March 2026 ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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