A CLOSER LOOK
How to recognize it
Whole oval or rounded dried fruits with deeply wrinkled, dark brown to near-black skins. Whole fruits usually contain a hard stone.
In the kitchen
Simmered in soups, including some Taiwanese herbal pork-rib soups, or cooked in sweet soups. Remove the stone before eating the flesh.
This entry means smoked Chinese jujube, not palm dates, prunes or date-plum fruit. Smoking methods and added ingredients vary; check the product label.
Ask about this ingredient
这道菜里有熏制黑枣吗？
Does this dish contain Smoked black jujube?
A few dishes to explore
These examples use this ingredient in typical or optional preparations. Open the dish to see the distinction; a restaurant’s recipe can differ.
