エシャレット

noun

Chinese onion (young harvest); Chinese scallion

Refers specifically to the young, green-harvested Chinese onion (Allium chinense), often eaten raw. Despite the name, it is not a shallot; the Japanese term comes from French 'échalote' but the vegetable is different.

See also: ラッキョウ · エシャロット

• エシャレットは味み噌そをつけて生なまで食たべると美味おいしい。

  Chinese onions are delicious eaten raw with miso.

• このエシャレットはまだ若わかいので、辛からみが少すくない。

  These Chinese onions are still young, so they are not very pungent.