Cilantro
Look for a bunch with unwilted leaves in medium green.
Buyers Take:
Easily confused with flat-leaf parsley in appearance, so be sure to sniff carefully. Matches well with avocado, chicken, fish, ice cream, lamb, pork, lentils, mayonnaise, rice, salads, salsas, yogurt.
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Cilantro is an herb with wide delicate lacy green leaves and a pungent flavor. The seed of the cilantro plant is known as coriander. Although cilantro and coriander come from the same plant, their flavors are very different and cannot be substituted for each other.
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