Recipe Description:
Braising is a nice way to use the bok choy and it's quick, easy, delicious and healthy!
Ingredient List:
4 heads baby bok choy, cut in half, length wise
2-4 cloves garlic (or more!), sliced
1 tablespoon (or to taste) of ginger, minced
2 tablespoons Toasted Sesame Oil (or Olive Oil, Sunflower Oil, Coconut Oil, etc)
1 cup vegetable stock (or any stock) or water or wine
3 tablespoons Tamari (Soy) Sauce
Directions:
Soak the baby bok choy in a large bowl filled with water to get the dirt out. Since it will not be chopped up, it needs to soak a while to make sure the crunchy soil sinks to the bottom.
Rinse it after soaking and shake excess water off, then cut in half length wise.
While bok choy is soaking, cut garlic and ginger.
Heat a pan with sesame oil on medium heat. Add ginger and garlic. Cook 1-2 minutes, until fragrant.
Add bok choy, cut side down. Cook 2 minutes until browning, flipping it only once on each side. Add stock and soy sauce, cover and lower the heat to simmer 3-4 minutes or until tender.
Remove bok choy and set aside. Deglaze the pan by adding a little more stock to the hot pan. Scrape the bottom with a spatula. Drizzle on bok choy.
Serve with rice, noodles, chicken, salad, you name it. Enjoy.
Bok Choy Health Facts
- Excellent source of Vitamin A and Vitamin C and Vitamin K, containing more than half of the USDA Recommended Daily Value (1)
- Good source of Calcium, Folate and Iron (1)
- Also good Source of Caretenoids, especially Beta Caretone (2)
1 World’s Healthiest Foods http://whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=recipe&dbid=262
2 Live Strong.com http://www.livestrong.com/article/5382-need-health-benefits-bok-choy/