Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An Asian plant (Brassica rapa subsp. rosularis) of the mustard family, having dark green, spoon-shaped, edible leaves that grow in a dense rosette.

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  • noun Brassica rapa narinosa or Brassica rapa var. rosularis, an Asian variety of Brassica rapa grown for greens, lately popular in North American cuisine.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Ultimately from a Chinese source such as Cantonese taap3 coi3 (akin to Mandarin tācài) : Cantonese taap3, to fall down, in reference to its low, spreading rosette of leaves (from Middle Chinese thap) + coi3, vegetable; see bok choy.]

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Examples

  • Spicy and bitter leaves such as tatsoi, mizuna, rocket, mustard, frisée and chicory are all the rage - but if you prefer milder, more succulent leaves, lamb's lettuce or purslane will do very nicely.

    British Blogs 2008

  • For the salad, Mr. Maws suggests tatsoi, a spiky heirloom green—though arugula or a mix of soft herbs, such as parsley, tarragon or mint, are good substitutes.

    Lamb Sausages With Poached Fig Salad 2011

  • It's a natural progression, in fact, because Bittman's actually been touting tatsoi and pushing purslane for more than a decade.

    Kerry Trueman: Mark Bittman: Leafy Green Revolutionary? Kerry Trueman 2011

  • It's a natural progression, in fact, because Bittman's actually been touting tatsoi and pushing purslane for more than a decade.

    Kerry Trueman: Mark Bittman: Leafy Green Revolutionary? Kerry Trueman 2011

  • Use any green that you might eat in salad: spinach, arugula, watercress, pea shoots, mizuna, tatsoi, or even romaine or shredded Napa cabbage.

    The Food Matters Cookbook Mark Bittman 2010

  • This includes arugula, watercress, spinach, tender leaves of kale or beet tops, and less common types familiar to many gardeners like mâche, mizuna, and tatsoi.

    The Food Matters Cookbook Mark Bittman 2010

  • For a change, flavor the soup with tamari soy sauce, mirin, shao shing rice wine; add sliced tatsoi or chopped bok choy, carrots, onions, whatever.

    A Chat with Soup & Bread Founder, Martha Bayne 2010

  • Tomorrow's dinner will be bi bim bop with: tatsoi, daikon, carrots, and a few green beans with bulgoki beef and kim chi a couple of people have asked me for a recipe, which is probably a little more formal than what you'd call what I make, but I'll try to document the basic preparation and assemblage.

    Archive 2009-09-01 Kate 2009

  • Tomorrow's dinner will be bi bim bop with: tatsoi, daikon, carrots, and a few green beans with bulgoki beef and kim chi a couple of people have asked me for a recipe, which is probably a little more formal than what you'd call what I make, but I'll try to document the basic preparation and assemblage.

    Reading, Writing, Cooking and Crafting: Tantre farm share, week 16 (plus a bunch of interlopers) Kate 2009

  • From left to right: frilly green lettuce, butter lettuce, tucked in front tatsoi, Pink Beauty radishes with ample greens, spicy greens mix with lots of mizuna, 3 big bunches of spinach, peppermint, arugula, asparagus, and spring onions

    Reading, Writing, Cooking and Crafting: Tantre farm share, week 2 Kate 2009

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