Bok Choy With Cashews Recipes

WILTED BOK CHOY WITH SOY SAUCE AND CASHEWS

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add bok choy and saute 3 minutes. Add soy sauce and red pepper flakes and cook 2 more minutes, until bok choy stalks are tender-crisp and leaves are wilted. Season, to taste, with salt and black pepper. Arrange bok choy on plates and top with cashews just before serving.

BABY BOK CHOY WITH CASHEWS

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large sauté pan on medium high heat. Add onions, garlic and ginger, stir together and cook for 1 minute. Then add bok choy. Sprinkle with sesame oil and a small pinch of salt. Cover, and let the baby bok choy cook down for approximately 3 minutes. (Like spinach, when cooked, the bok choy will wilt a bit.)
• Remove cover. Lower heat to low. Stir and let cook for a minute or two longer, until the bok choy is just cooked.
• Gently mix in cashews. Serve warm.

BOK CHOY AND CASHEW STIR-FRY

Steps:

• Mix broth, soy sauce and cornstarch; set aside. Separate bok choy leaves from stems. Cut leaves and stems into 1-inch pieces.
• Heat oil in 12-inch nonstick skillet or wok over medium-high heat. Add bok choy stems, onion, garlic and gingerroot; stirring constantly cook 2 minutes. Stir in bok choy leaves and mushrooms. Cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• Stir in broth mixture. Cook, stirring constantly, about 4 minutes or until thickened. Stir in cashews.

CASHEW-CRUSTED SALMON WITH BOK CHOY

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Brush honey mustard all over salmon. Season both sides of salmon with onion flakes and black pepper. Place cashews in a shallow dish, add four of the salmon fillets and turn to coat.
• Place all salmon fillets in hot skillet and cook 3 minutes per side, until fork-tender.
• Heat remaining olive oil in separate large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and cook 1 minute. Add bok choy and cook 2 minutes, until greens wilt but stalks are still crisp-tender. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper.
• Serve the cashew-crusted salmon with this meal and reserve 2 uncrusted fillets for another meal.

BOK CHOY SALAD

Steps:

• Whisk together 4 teaspoons rice vinegar, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil, and 3/4 teaspoon sugar in a bowl. Toss in 5 cups sliced, raw bok choy (any type; about 1 1/2 pounds). Top with 2 tablespoons chopped cashews.

CASHEW CHICKEN WITH BOK CHOY

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet or wok. Stir-fry the chicken, celery, red pepper, onion and garlic in stir-fry sauce until chicken is no longer pink, about 5 minutes. , In a small bowl, combine the broth, sherry, cornstarch, salt and pepper until smooth. Stir into skillet. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, 2 minutes. Add bok choy; reduce heat to medium. Cover and cook until bok choy is tender, 5 minutes. Sprinkle with cashews. Serve with rice.

CASHEW CHICKEN AND BABY BOK CHOY

Steps:

• In a small bowl, blend together chicken stock, sherry, soy sauce and cornstarch.
• If cashews are raw: Heat I Tbsp peanut oil in a large skillet.
• Add cashews and cook over moderate heat, stirring, until lightly browned, about 1 minute.
• Using a slotted spoon, transfer the nuts to a plate.
• Leave remaining oil in pan.
• If cashews are roasted and salted, skip to next step.
• Add 1 Tbsp peanut oil to pan.
• Add the white part of the green onions, the ginger, garlic and peppercorns.
• Cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
• Add the sauce.
• Place chicken in a single layer in the skillet and season with salt and pepper.
• Arrange the bok choy in a layer over the chicken.
• Cover and cook until the chicken is cooked through and the bok choy is tender, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Thicken with additional mixture of cornstarch and cold water (1 tsp of each).
• Transfer the chicken, bok choy and sauce to serving platter.
• Garnish with the greens of onions, cashews and serve with steamed rice.

STIR FRIED BOK CHOY

Steps:

• Cut 1/2 to 1 inch slice off the root-end of bok choy; discard stem. Cut stalks diagonally into 1/8-inch pieces; cut or tear leaves into bite-sized pieces.
• Heat oil and butter in a skillet over medium heat; add onion, cashews, garlic, bok choy, Chinese five-spice, and sugar to the hot oil-butter mixture. Cook and stir bok choy mixture until tender, 8 to 10 minutes.