Asparagus lettuce: Ling Chen's seven Chinese dishes

By Susan Parsons
Updated December 6 2014 - 10:08am, first published November 18 2014 - 11:45pm
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Sharing: Ling Chen harvesting asparagus lettuce in her kitchen garden. Photo: Jamila Toderas
Sharing: Ling Chen harvesting asparagus lettuce in her kitchen garden. Photo: Jamila Toderas
Popular: Chen's asparagus lettuce with hard tofu, carrot and bean curd. Photo: Jamila Toderas
Popular: Chen's asparagus lettuce with hard tofu, carrot and bean curd. Photo: Jamila Toderas

It was Ling Chen's O'Connor neighbours who told Food and Wine about the asparagus lettuce she had shared with them that led to us being invited to see the way she grows and cooks her food. So this week we feature a different Kitchen Garden theme in which we share with you seven dishes made using versatile asparagus lettuce or Celtuce (Lactuca sativa var. asparagina or augustana), known as wosun in south-eastern China. It is high in Vitamin C, potassium and fibre.

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