Baby Bok Choy Stir Fry. My favorite baby bok choy recipe! This easy bok choy stir fry is so delicious with broccoli, carrots and shiitakes, tossed in a tangy ginger garlic sauce. Stir fry was probably the first healthy-ish meal I learned to make, although it used to look nothing like this.
The baby bok choy is cooked until tender, then soaked with a garlicky sauce that's savory and lightly sweet.
It's such a great way to enjoy vegetables.
There are many ways to cut baby bok choy.
You can have Baby Bok Choy Stir Fry using 15 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Baby Bok Choy Stir Fry
- You need 3 tsp of sesame oil.
- Prepare 2 1/2 lb of chicken breasts, sliced diagonally.
- It's 1 of Sweet onion, sliced thinly.
- You need 1 clove of garlic, minced.
- You need 1 3/4 tsp of fresh ginger, minced (divided).
- You need 1 1/2 tsp of soy sauce.
- You need 1 1/2 tsp of fish sauce.
- Prepare 1/4 tsp of Sriracha sauce.
- It's 1/3 cup of stir fry sauce.
- It's 4 of scallions, sliced diagonally, roots removed.
- Prepare 1 of red bell pepper, seeded and sliced diagonally.
- Prepare 1 of Baby Bok Choy, root removed and cleaned.
- You need 1 cup of sliced mushrooms.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of sesame seeds.
- You need 1 1/2 cup of snow peas.
For stir-frying, this is my favorite method, to yield a well seasoned and evenly cooked result. Stir fried garlic baby bok choy is quick and easy so it's also great as a holiday side dish. There are a couple types of "bok choy." Some have thick white stems with dark green leaves, and others have more tender light green stems with smoother green leaves. It's a little garlicky with a great tender-crisp texture and one of my go-to veggie options when I'm making a more protein-centric main dish and want a great vegetable to serve.
Baby Bok Choy Stir Fry instructions
- Add the sesame oil to a wok over medium heat..
- Add the chicken, onion, and 1/2 teaspoon ginger to the wok..
- Slice the rest of your vegetables while allowing the chicken to cook..
- Cook the chicken until no pink is left..
- Add the sesame seeds, stir fry sauce, fish sauce, Sriracha sauce, and soy sauce and stir to incorporate..
- Add all vegetables, except the snow peas, and ginger to the wok and stir to incorporate..
- Cook the vegetables for about two minutes..
- Add the snow peas and stir to incorporate..
- Serve over rice..
Stir-frying the bok choy ensures that we wind up with perfectly wilted top leaves and stalks that still have a bit of crunch. Once it's all been browned, add all of the baby bok choy back to the pan along with minced garlic and stir-fry for two minutes. Think of mild-flavored, juicy bok choy as an invitation to experiment in the kitchen. It's especially good with earthy mushrooms. Bok Choy and Mushroom Stir-Fry. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines.
