Three Minute Baby Bok Choy Recipes

QUICK BABY BOK CHOY WITH GARLIC

Steps:

• Heat a wok over medium heat. Add oil and allow to get hot. Add garlic and stir-fry until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add bok choy and cook for 30 seconds. Season with soy sauce, sugar, and salt and stir-fry for 1 minute.
• Pour water into the wok, cover, and simmer until leaves are dark green and stems are tender, but still firm, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat, drizzle with sesame oil, and season with pepper.

SAVORY BABY BOK CHOY

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat, and cook and stir the garlic and bay leaf until the garlic is lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Stir in the chicken stock and white wine, and increase heat to a full boil. Cook the sauce, stirring often, until reduced to 1 cup, about 15 minutes. Remove bay leaf. Lay the bok choy halves, cut sides down, into the sauce, and reduce heat to a simmer. Cook until tender, about 10 minutes. Serve with sauce spooned over bok choy.

SAUTéED BABY BOK CHOY

Steps:

• In a large sauté pan with a lid, heat oil over medium-high heat until it starts to shimmer. Add garlic, ginger and red-pepper flakes and cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, about 45 seconds.
• Add bok choy and stir carefully to cover with oil, then cook for approximately 2 minutes. Add soy sauce, stock or water, then cover pan and cook for approximately 2 minutes more, until steam begins to escape from beneath the lid of the pan.
• Uncover and continue to cook until liquid is close to evaporated and stalks are soft to the touch, approximately 3 minutes more.
• Remove to a warmed platter and drizzle with sesame oil.

SIMPLE ROASTED BABY BOK CHOY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Onto a large baking sheet, spread halved heads of baby bok choy into a single layer.
• Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Roast for 12 minutes. Using tongs, turn each bok choy to ensure both sides are nicely browned. Return to oven to roast for another 12 minutes.
• Serve immediately and enjoy.

THREE-MINUTE BABY BOK CHOY

Steps:

• Make the sauce: combine all the sauce ingredients in a small bowl; stir to dissolve cornstarch.
• Put a stir-fry pan over high heat until hot; add in oil, swirling to coat the sides.
• Add in the garlic; cook, stirring until fragrant, about 10 seconds.
• Add in the bok choy; stir-fry until tender-crisp, 1 ½-2 minutes.
• Add in the sauce; cook/stir until the sauce thickens slightly and lightly coats the bok choy, about 30 seconds.
• Serve immediately.

BABY BOK CHOY

Steps:

• In wok or large sauté pan over moderately high heat, heat 1 tablespoon oil until hot but not smoking. Add 1/3 of garlic, 1/3 of ginger, and 1/3 of white parts of scallions and sauté until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add 1/3 of bok choy and sear until tips have wilted and stalks are crisp-tender, about 3 minutes. Sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper, then transfer to large serving dish and cover with foil to keep warm.
• Repeat process 2 more times for a total of 3 batches. Garnish with green parts of scallions and serve immediately.