Sonchus oleraceus is the tender leaf of Ilex latifolia in Compositae. The name of the medicine is Patrinia scabiosa, which is also called Maidenhua and Pyrola. They are commonly known as bitter vegetables among the people, and they are also called Japanese coriander, tea bitter pod, hemp vegetable, old stork vegetable and no coriander. The season of sowthistle is generally from April to May, and it is a kind of wild vegetable, which grows in most parts of China.

Sophora alopecuroides is a perennial herb with a height of 65,438+00-30cm, all hairless, few or many stems clustered, erect or oblique, and its basal leaves are rosette-shaped, strip-lanceolate, oblanceolate or strip-shaped, and about 7-20cm long.

Sonchus oleraceus is a common vegetable, and the best season for Sonchus oleraceus to go on the market is spring, which is the growing season of Sonchus oleraceus. Bitter vegetables are tender and delicious. Chicory is widely distributed in China and can be found almost everywhere in the wild, especially in North China and Central China.

Bitter vegetable practice

1. Cold salad: remove impurities from bitter herbs, blanch them in boiling water pot for 2 minutes, quickly take them out and soak them in cold water for cooling, then control the water, cut them into pieces, put them in a basin for later use, put garlic, salt, soy sauce, sesame oil and vinegar into a small bowl and mix well, then pour them on bitter herbs and mix well.

2, garlic bitter vegetables: fresh bitter vegetables, clean, boiled and discolored, don't cook for too long or the color will not look good, sliced potatoes, steamed potatoes in the pot, shook the steamed potatoes into mud potatoes with a cooking machine, put oil in the pot and stir-fry with onion, ginger and garlic, add bitter vegetables with old seasoning, stir-fry with soy sauce, add mashed potatoes and salt, add chicken essence and onion oil, and add white in the bowl.