Chicory is a biennial herb of Chicory in Compositae. Young leaves are edible. Every 100g of young leaves contains 95. 1g of water, 0.2g of protein/kloc-0, 77mg of calcium, vitamins and other nutrients. Suitable for raw food, cooking or soup.

Chicory leaves are lanceolate. Head, about 20 small flowers, corolla lavender, pistil stigma forked pale blue, stamens 5, connected into a tube, anthers pale blue. The seeds are short columnar, grayish white, 1000-grain weight 1.6g, and the seed germination can last for 10 years. Seeds preserved for 1-3 years are often used in production.

Recipe:

Chicory mixed with shredded pork, shrimp skin chicory cake, cold chicory, chicory ice algae, assorted fried chicory, chicory tofu roll, tricolor chicory salad, lily chicory, jellyfish mixed with shredded chicory, shredded chrysanthemum chicory, chicory baked bacon roll, shredded chicory tofu, chicken chicory salad and so on.