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Home » Herbs » Chives » Asatsuki

Asatsuki

Asatsuki is a variety of chives grown in Japan.

The stalks produce small red bulbs underground. Above ground, they look the same as Western chives; even the flowers are the same, balls of soft purplish spikes.

The Japanese will refer to this in English as a “type of green onion”, whereas we would be more precise and say “chives with a teeny red bulb under ground.”

Asatsuki is used as a garnish in Japanese cooking, not as an ingredient.

There are actually many varieties of chives grown in Japan including:

  • Allium schoenoprasum L. (called “Seiyou asatsuki”), which are “standard” European chives;
  • Allium schoenoprasum L. var. schoenoprasum  (called “Ezo negi”);
  • Allium schoenoprasum L. var. yezomonticola Hara (called “Hime ezo negi”.)

Other names

AKA: Red small-bulbed Chinese onion
Scientific Name: Allium ledebourianum, Allium schoenoprasum L. var. foliosum, Allium uliginosum Ledeb
French: Onion petit rouge de Chine
Japanese: Asatsuki
Chinese: Hong cong tou

This page first published: Jun 20, 2005 · Updated: Jun 14, 2018.

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