This Baby Bok Choy w/ Cashews recipe is a little more exciting than your average salad, and includes sesame oil, ginger, garlic and toasted cashews.
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time10 minutesmins
Total Time15 minutesmins
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Chinese
Keyword: thanksgiving, vegetarian
Servings: 2-3 servings
Ingredients
2Tbsp.olive oil
1cupchopped green onionsincluding green ends
3clovesgarlicchopped
1/8tsp.ground ginger
1poundbaby bok choyrinsed, larger leaves separated from base, base trimmed but still present, holding the smaller leaves together
1/2tsp.dark sesame oil
salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/2cupchoppedroasted, salted cashews
Instructions
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.