Recipe: Perfect Chinese Cabbage and Nagaimo Gratin

Chinese Cabbage and Nagaimo Gratin. Great recipe for Chinese Cabbage and Nagaimo Gratin. My son doesn't like Chinese cabbage. I made this recipe to get him to eat Chinese cabbage without his knowledge.

In a small saucepan, blend soup and milk; heat well. Add cheese and stir until melted. Saute bread crumbs in butter until golden; sprinkle over cabbage. You can have Chinese Cabbage and Nagaimo Gratin using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Chinese Cabbage and Nagaimo Gratin

1. Prepare 3 of leaves Chinese cabbage.
2. You need 130 grams of Nagaimo.
3. It's 2 of rashers Bacon.
4. Prepare 400 ml of Milk.
5. Prepare 25 grams of Butter.
6. It's 3 tbsp of Bread (strong) flour.
7. Prepare 1/4 tsp of Salt.
8. It's 2 tsp of Sugar.
9. You need 1 of Pizza cheese.

Incorporate the nagaimo, cabbage, and bonito flakes. Heat the oil in a pan and pour the batter into it. Place the pork strips over the batter. Nagaimo is one of my favorite Japanese vegetables and with the perpetual popularity of Japanese cuisine, nagaimo continues to gain more visibility in the West.

Chinese Cabbage and Nagaimo Gratin step by step

1. Cut the nagaimo into thick semicircular slices. Microwave until tender enough for a skewer to be inserted easily (at 700 W for 1 minute and 40 seconds). Cut the bacon and Chinese cabbage into bite-sized pieces..
2. Make the white sauce. Put the butter in a pot over a medium heat and melt. Add the strong flour and sauté over a low heat..
3. When the butter and flour mixture become smooth, turn the heat off. Add the milk in one go and stir constantly over a low heat until smooth and thickened to the desired consistency..
4. Season with salt and sugar (this makes about 300 g of white sauce)..
5. Melt some butter (not listed in the ingredients) in a frying pan. Fry the bacon and Chinese cabbage quickly. Add the nagaimo and mix all together. Season with salt and pepper (not listed in the ingredients)..
6. Turn the heat to low and add Step 4. Bring to the boil quickly and then turn the heat off..
7. Transfer to a oven-proof dish and sprinkle with pizza cheese. Bake in an oven toaster until the top is golden brown..

It is a Japanese yam that, unlike other yams which can only be eaten cooked, can be eaten either cooked or raw. Nagaimo is also known as Chinese yam, Korean yam, Japanese mountain yam or is sometimes referred to as yamaimo. All the varieties are white inside. The skin is peeled off and it's grated to be used in countless ways. (Nagaimo) After I wrote this post, I spotted the dark variety which looks to be Yamaimo in a Chinese grocery store so I had to but a piece and post a photo. The ginger comes through nicely in this colorful napa cabbage stir-fry that is lower in fat and sodium than many.