I have two more simple dinner recipes here for you on Lemon & Mocha this week. First up is the third solution for my quick and healthy vegetable side dish dilemma. Asparagus with creamy orange sauce, steam-sautéed broccoli and now garlicky bok choy. I had never cooked with bok choy before this recipe, but I love vegetables so I was excited to try something new.
Matt and I enjoy cooking Asian stir-fries, but we get tired of always using broccoli and snow peas for our green vegetables. This garlicky bok choy is a delicious solution.
The vegetable itself is really mild so it takes on the flavor of the garlic and the soy sauce really well.
Did I mention that this recipe took less than ten minutes from start to finish? Talk about a simple dish!
Do you have a quick vegetable dish that is a staple in your kitchen? I’d love to try them out!
The recipe
Garlicky Stir-fried Bok Choy
Ingredients
Directions
- Whisk together the broth, soy sauce and cornstarch in a small bowl until the cornstarch dissolves. Set aside.
- Heat the olive oil and garlic in a large skillet over medium-high heat. When the garlic begins to sizzle add the bok choy stalks. Stir frequently for 1 minute then add the bok choy leaves and prepared sauce.
- Stir the bok choy and cook for 2 minutes. Remove the skillet from the heat when the bok choy is crisp-tender. Season with salt and pepper according to taste.
Recipe slightly adapted from Brassicas: Cooking the World’s Healthiest Vegetables.
Comments
2 earlier comments
Melissa D
Just made this for dinner tonight to accompany garlic and pesto salmon and rice. This recipe fit the bill exactly for what I was looking for: a quick, easy, and tasty side! Most of the recipes I found had bok choy in it, but not as its own spotlight side. This was tasty, garlicky, and the leftover sauce was perfect over my rice! Thanks for sharing!
LaurenAuthor
Your comment made my day! I’m so glad you enjoyed it :-) Also, your garlic pesto salmon sounds delicious! Thanks, Melissa!