Chives

Used in 7 recipes on RecipeWiki.

Chives are a slender, hollow-stemmed herb in the onion family, with a mild, fresh onion flavour and none of an onion's sharp bite. Heat destroys them quickly, so they are almost always added at the end: scattered over Soft Scrambled Eggs and Classic French Omelette, stirred into Smoked Haddock Chowder off the heat, or used to finish Devilled Eggs. This page covers them whole, snipped and chopped. Cut them with sharp scissors or a very sharp knife; a blunt blade crushes them and they turn slimy. Wrap them in damp kitchen paper in the fridge and use them within a few days.

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Recipes with chives

Classic French Omelette — shot from directly overhead: three eggs cooked in under a minute in a hot buttered pan

Classic French Omelette

Three eggs cooked in under a minute in a hot buttered pan, stirred hard then rolled, so the outside stays pale and the centre soft.

15 minutes30 minutesBreakfast

Devilled Eggs — shot from directly overhead: hard-boiled yolks beaten with mustard

Devilled Eggs

Hard-boiled yolks beaten with mustard, mayonnaise and cayenne and piped back into the whites, with paprika over the top.

30 minutesAmericanVegetarian

Herbed Farro Salad — shot from directly overhead: farro boiled loose in salted water like pasta

Herbed Farro Salad

Farro boiled loose in salted water like pasta, dressed while it is still hot, then packed with three soft herbs.

ItalianSide dishesVegan

Smoked Haddock Chowder — shot from directly overhead: undyed smoked haddock poached in milk

Smoked Haddock Chowder

Undyed smoked haddock poached in milk, with that milk becoming the soup and floury potato doing the thickening in place of flour.

BritishFishPescatarian

Soft Scrambled Eggs — shot from directly overhead: eggs cooked slowly over low heat and stirred constantly

Soft Scrambled Eggs

Eggs cooked slowly over low heat and stirred constantly, so they set as small soft curds instead of dry rubbery sheets.

15 minutes30 minutesBreakfast

Sweetcorn Chowder — shot from directly overhead: a thick corn soup that simmers the stripped cobs in the stock first

Sweetcorn Chowder

A thick corn soup that simmers the stripped cobs in the stock first, then blends only part of itself for body.

1 hr 10 minServes 4

AmericanPotatoesSoups

by dapperpelican

Waldorf Salad — shot from directly overhead, the table surface filling the frame

Waldorf Salad

Apple, celery and walnuts in a lemon-slackened mayonnaise, kept crisp and served cold on a leaf of lettuce.

15 minutesAmericanNo-cook