Chinese cabbage

Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, Brassica rapa subsp. chinensisAlso called pak choi, bok choy and napa

Chinese cabbage is a vegetable. Cooks use its leaves.

Plant-based
Gluten-free
No listed allergens

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Vegetables
Part used: Leaf
Family: Brassicaceae
Cooked most in: Asia
Top country: Indonesia
Dishes: 5 in the catalogue
Energy: 16 kcal per 100 g

Photo: Daderot · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Nutrition

What 100 g of Chinese cabbage holds

Per 100 g, raw. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 24%Fat 4%Carbohydrate 72%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of Chinese cabbage, raw
Energy	16 kcal · 67 kJ
Protein	1.1 g
Fat	0.2 g
of which saturated	0.04 g
Carbohydrate	3.2 g
of which sugars	2.8 g
Fibre	1.2 g
Sodium	13 mg
Cholesterol	0 mg

Nutrition per 100 g of Chinese cabbage, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium	235 mg
Calcium	35 mg
Iron	0.26 mg
Magnesium	11 mg
Zinc	0.25 mg
Vitamin C	27 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)	16 µg
Folate	79 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 169979, 2727583), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where Chinese cabbage is cooked

5 dishes in the catalogue use Chinese cabbage. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Asia5

Countries whose dishes use it most

Indonesia 5

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list Chinese cabbage among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with Chinese cabbage

4 of the 5 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

Asinan Bogor
Indonesia
Sapo tahu
Indonesia
Bakmi
Indonesia
Pedis panas
Indonesia

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include Chinese cabbage.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: Chinese cabbage in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Allergens: None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin: No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten: None
Alcohol: None
Caffeine: None
Pork: None

Around the world

What Chinese cabbage is called

Names in 28 languages, from Wikidata.

Portuguese
Couve-china
German
Pak Choi · Chinakohl
Dutch
Paksoi
Russian
китайская капуста · пак-чой · китайская листовая капуста · пекснкая капуста
Arabic
ملفوف صيني · ملفوف صينى
Persian
کلم چینی
Hebrew
כרוב סיני · בוק צ'וי · פאק צ'וי · פוק צ'וי
Hindi
चीनी बंदगोभी
Chinese
白菜 · 油菜 · 小白菜 · 青菜
Japanese
白菜
Vietnamese
Cải thìa
Indonesian
Kubis cina · Kubis tiongkok

Show all 28 languages

Armenian
Չինական կաղամբ · պեկինյան կաղամբ
Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)
бок чой
Bikol
Petsay
Cantonese
白菜
Catalan
bleda xinesa · bok choi · pak choi · col xinesa
Egyptian Arabic
ملفوف صينى
Esperanto
ĉina kapobrasiko
Latvian
Ķīnas kāposts
Macedonian
Кинеска зелка
Min Nan Chinese
Pe̍h-chhài
Min Nan Chinese (Traditional)
白菜
Norwegian Bokmål
kinakål
Santali
ᱪᱤᱱ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱯᱚᱴᱚᱢᱠᱚᱵᱤ
Simplified Chinese
油菜
Simplified Chinese (China)
白菜 · 油菜
Simplified Chinese (Singapore)
油菜
Slovenian
kitajski kapus · kitajsko zelje
Swahili
Chainizi
Swedish
Kinakål · salladskål
Traditional Chinese
白菜 · 油菜
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
白菜 · 油菜
Ukrainian
китайська капуста · Китайська капуста

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
USDA FoodData Central (Foundation, SR Legacy): nutrition values (Public domain (US government work, CC0))
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q18968514

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