How To Make 3 Easy and Beautiful Flowers Garnish From Chinese Cabbage Napa

      This is a super simple Chinese cabbage garnish flower and at the same time cute with no effort at all! I start with this technique because it really not much to do to make this impressive garnish. We can make a large flower for a large size dish and a smaller flower as well for a single serving. It can be used as a garnish for some dishes or decorate a vegetable platter.

Napa cabbage

A sharp knife

Cutting board

1. Cut the bottom off cabbage. We can make a day before the event in advance, just keep in a wet paper towel and a ziplock bag but step two do right before serving.

2.  Remove outside leaves to the desired size of the flower. It comes out beautiful as the large flower and small flower for a single portion of salad or other dishes.

3. Spread leaves to make our cabbage flower beautiful. It is going to bloom in your hands!

 The cabbage garnish flower comes out as a really beautiful centerpiece for the dish, as you can see in the photos. Make sure to watch my video!

        This cabbage garnish flower is so pretty on the vegetable platter! Great decor for a buffet or just a family dinner (picture at the bottom of the page from my friend’s family table)! I saw these flowers before but thought it needs so much carving talent to make and didn’t try. We don’t need any special tools, just a medium size knife, and cutting board. When I saw in the YouTube video how simple to make this beauty, I went to the store and tried it the same day! A video is a much more clear explanation than just text and photos. So, I was inspired and made a video about this technique. I can do it, you can do it! Just try! The flower can stay great in water in the refrigerator overnight. This is really easy Chinese cabbage garnish.

Napa cabbage

A sharp knife

Cutting board

1. Wash very well cabbage and dry it. Cut the bottom of the cabbage.

2. Remove leaves to adjust the preferable size of the flower.

3. Cut each leaf towards the bottom. The top of the leaf must be round, so the flower has pretty petals. Start from outside and go around with each leaf same cut.

4. Don’t be afraid to try. I really don’t have curving skills but it every time comes out perfect! If you have any questions about this technique, just ask. However, I suggest don’t do first time this flower before the event to avoid stress.

            The cabbage garnish flower is so pretty as you can see! This flower looks to me like an aster. It takes one extra step, more time and more effort than other two flowers but it worth it. It is so sophisticated for elegant vegetable presentation for a special event or makes a casual meal special by adding just little touch.

1. The technique same as flower above, just cut into stripes each petal.

2. Our peony from cabbage napa can stay great in the refrigerator in water overnight. Tips of this flower became little fragile because thin but still looks so pretty. On the photo, flower after overnight in the refrigerator.

                I need to mention, very seldom but napa cabbage has black spots on it. It absolutely does not effects the taste and cabbage is perfectly edible and safe to eat, as I read from a few sources. However, garnishing food will be not acceptable. If you cook napa often, you may know what I am talking about. My advice is to cut the bottom day in advance before the event, to be sure the cabbage is spotless and nice inside. I did learn my lesson I can say the hard way. I bought absolutely perfect looking Napa cabbage and was ready to make a flower for decoration. After I cut my cabbage, was so disappointed! The center of the cabbage had so many black spots, so it was impossible to cut them out and make a flower. I asked my son to go to the store and buy Chinese cabbage call also napa, I thought it was enough information. He brought me white cabbage instead… What I can say, we learn something new every day. If you ask someone to buy napa cabbage, be specific. For someone cabbage is cabbage.

Make sure, you check on the bottom of the page how used one of this technique my online friends Leny, and Melisa. They shared on social media. It is so pleasant for me to know someone found my content useful!

       Bright green Chinese cabbage Napa is so eye-catching vegetable. It is delicious and very easy to cook. Also, it is just perfectly made for garnish cabbage! Chinese cabbage leaves are probably the more common way to use for a salad garnish or other garnish ideas. Napa’s leaves are great to serve as plates for a salad, they wide enough and can make a great pairing with many salads or other dishes. Or we can simply cut the top of a few leaves and make a border for a salad on the plate like on the photo below. It is a very beautiful way to present our dish, in my opinion.

Chinese Cabbage Napa Flower Garnished Vegetable Platter

This is another technique to make Chinese cabbage napa flower is simple too just takes a few more minutes to make. So it will be your choice, both flower so pretty but each own way! Great garnish for ⇒ Crab Imitation Salad With Chinese cabbage Napa