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Broccolini [brahk-uh-LEE-nee]

A green vegetable not unlike broccoli with small florets and long, thin stalks. Although often misidentified as young broccoli, it is a cross between broccoli and kai-lan, Chinese broccoli. Broccolini's flavor is sweet, with notes of both broccoli and asparagus. The entire vegetable is consumable, including the occasional yellow flower. Rather delicate, common cooking methods include sautéing, steaming, boiling, and stir frying.

Broccolini is a registered trademark of Mann Packing Company, Inc. Its generic name is baby broccoli and is also known by the names Asparation, Asparations, Bimi, and Tender Stem.