This collection of recipes with Bok Choy contains easy and practical ideas to try out with baby Bok Choy and full-size Bok Choy alike. Although native to China and originally associated with Asian cuisine, Bok Choy, also known as pak choi, has long found its way into western cuisine, particularly American cuisine, beginning in the 1800s. The following recipes with Bok Choy vegetables are mindfully selected to cover as many applications as possible from meat to salads. They include one-pot dishes and weeknight suitable Bok Choy recipes that are not only easy to make but also take much less time to accomplish.
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Bok Choy Kitchen Equipment
Before we start on the recipes, here is a list of handy kitchen tools that apply to Bok Choy and other leafy greens similar to it. Sometimes the difference between a great recipe and a so-so recipe is the equipment used. Equipment does not only help make the job easier but also makes the outcome the best possible.
- Good Salad Spinner
- Colander
- Good Vegetable Knife
- Good Vegetable Steamer
- Air fryer
- Produce Keeper
- Good Wok
- Good Non-stick Pan
Bok Choy Recipes
1. Garlicky Bok Choy Recipe
- Cooks In: 10 minutes
- Serves: 4
- Cuisine: Western
- Steaming, Frying
This is a very easy dish to make and involves only 4 other ingredients namely garlic, shallots, soy sauce, and some vegetable oil. The actual preparation calls for a skillet (example) which will accommodate all the ingredients. The wonderful thing about this recipe is that it is very much open to all manner of variations which you can develop on your own. View Recipe.
2. Skillet Chicken Cutlets Recipe with Bok Choy
- Cooks In: 30 minutes
- Serves: 4
- Cuisine: British/Western
- Method: Searing, Frying
In this recipe, chicken lovers have an opportunity to venture into a variation with Bok Choy. This is a frying and searing recipe. Both the chicken and the vegetables are seared but well cooked. The beauty of this recipe is that it is not only easy to do but also very fast. Everything is done in a single skillet which also means very minimal dishes afterward.
This makes the recipe so suitable for weekday nights when time is generally limited. To have a complete meal, serve this dish with some boiled rice. The rice can be started at the same time as this recipe and both will be ready at the same time and ready to serve. Highlights of ingredients going into the recipe include soy sauce, corn starch, chicken broth, garlic, and sesame seeds. View Recipe.
3. Stir-fried Chicken Recipe with Bok Choy
- Cooks In: 15 minutes
- Serves: 4
- Cuisine: Chinese
- Method: Stir-fry
- Calories: 226 per serving
This is yet another scrumptious chicken recipe with Bok Choy. This will also be a one-pot dish ready in only 15 minutes and thus equally suitable for weekday meals. The recipe produces a low-carb complete main course dish that is vegetable-rich. However, you could serve this with some rice for starch or Cauliflower rice if you wanted to continue with the low-carb theme.
In the event of any leftovers, this dish can be refrigerated for up to 3 days and remain good. The other main ingredients going into the preparation of the recipe are the skinless, boneless chicken, stir-fry sauce (example), and oil. This recipe requires a high smoking point oil such as sesame, coconut oil, or canola oil. View Recipe.
4. Garlic and Ginger Fish Recipe with Bok Choy
- Cooks In: 30 minutes
- Serves: 4
- Cuisine: Asian flavors
- Method: Baked
- Calories: 601 per serving
In this recipe, the gears are changed from chicken to fish. This is an Asian flavored recipe with fish that is infused with soy sauce and ginger. The Bok Choy will be baked in foil paper and sandwiched, as it were, between fish fillets. This is how the Bok Choy will get its cooking in the recipe.
We concede that, although easy to do, this recipe has an extended list of ingredients which include fish sauce (example), lemon wedges, jasmine rice, carrot, caster sugar, garlic, and, ginger. With the jasmine rice or starch component included, this will be a complete dish ready to serve whole when done. View Recipe.
5. Bok Choy Salad with Sesame Soy Dressing Recipe
- Cooks In: 15 minutes
- Serves: 4
- Cuisine: Asian Inspired
- Method: Raw Salad
- Calories: 326 per serving
Finally, it is time to consider a salad recipe with Bok Choy. This recipe produces an entirely raw but delicious salad dish with nothing in it cooked. To note is that the recipe will be using baby Bok Choy which is best suited for raw use because of tenderness and no fibers.
The vegetables will, however, need to be shredded or thinly sliced for best results. Once done, the salad will be served drizzled with Asian-inspired sesame dressing. You may serve the salad paired with some juicy grilled steak, chicken, or a variety of recipes with pork chops. Among the ingredients for this recipe are celery, carrots, red bell pepper, almonds, and toasted sesame seeds. A possible variation is to replace or add pimento peppers. View Recipe.
6. Black Pepper Tofu Recipe with Bok Choy
- Cooks In: 30 minutes
- Serves: 2
- Cuisine: Asian, Vegan
- Method: Frying
- Calories: 463 per serving
It is derived from “coagulating soy milk and then pressing the resulting curds into solid white blocks of varying softness”. Other ingredients going into this recipe include corn starch, freshly cracked peppercorns, shallots, garlic, and wok oil. View Recipe.
7. Spicy French Bok Choy Recipe
- Cooks In: 15 minutes
- Serves: 4
- Cuisine: French
- Method: Frying, Steaming
- Calories: 130 per serving
Up until now among all the recipes with Bok Choy so far considered, there has not been any spicy angle to things. This recipe produces a very easy and simple spicy French Bok Choy dish. There are altogether three ingredients to this dish. The baby Bok Choy itself, water, and some spicy French dressing.
Although the recipe recommends a specific brand, any good spicy French dressing (examples) will deliver. The Bok Choy will be cooked for a few minutes in a non-stick pan before the dressing is introduced. The final product can be served as a side dish. View Recipe.
8. Chicken Sausage and Bok Choy Recipe
- Cooks In: 15 minutes
- Serves: 2
- Cuisine: American/Western
- Method: Frying
- Calories: 594 per serving
This is an American cuisine recipe that, nonetheless, borrows from and has some traces of Middle Eastern flavors brought about by the inclusion of Tahini dressing in the dish. Tahini (example) is a condiment that comes from the Middle East with toasted ground sesame seeds.
So the recipe is in two parts, the dressing, and the grain bowl. Going into the grain bowl are sunflower seeds, butternut squash, Bok Choy, cooked chicken sausages, cooked rice, olive oil, and garlic. The cooked chicken sausage will be included, diced.
Bok Choy will be cooked in a skillet together with some onions and garlic before being added to the grain bowl. However, to save time the butternut squash and rice are prepared ahead of time, which can be days ahead. This especially makes this scrumptious recipe suitable for a weeknight meal. View Recipe.
9. Stir-fried Baby Bok Choy with Bacon
- Cooks In: 20 minutes
- Serves: 2
- Cuisine: Thai
- Method: Frying
This dish is from Asia, Thailand to be specific. It is another suitable weeknight recipe that combines bacon with Bok Choy in a delicious stir-fry. The trick to the dish is using a hot pan. The ingredients will be added and stirred quickly, coming out crunchy. Some 20 to 30 leaves of baby Bok Choy are cut up into coarse pieces for this recipe.
The vegetables will be stir-fried in a pan with already cooked garlic and Thai chilies. Any good chili available can be used as a substitute if necessary. The final dish will be served with the Bok Choy topped with bacon. Rice or quinoa can also be served with this stir-fry as starch accompaniments. View Recipe.
10. Asian Scrambled Eggs Recipe with Bok Choy
- Cooks In: 22 minutes
- Serves: 2
- Cuisine: Asian Inspired
- Method: Frying
This recipe makes the point that Bok Choy can go so scrumptiously well with scrambled eggs. The Bok Choy is cooked separately first and the scrambled eggs follow. The same non-stick pan used to do the Bok Choy will do the eggs. The two cooked ingredients will then be served side by side on a plate.
Other ingredients going into this recipe include grated fresh ginger, shallots, green chili, and oyster sauce which will be used when serving. Overall, what you get is a high-protein, low-carb breakfast recipe. If you wanted you did add a slice or two of bread. View recipe.
11. Spicy Pork Recipe with Bok Choy
- Cooks In: 15 minutes
- Serves: 2 to 4
- Cuisine: Western
- Method: Frying
This is yet another fitting weeknight dish that takes only 15 minutes to get ready. This time around, this is a ground pork stir-fry recipe with Bok Choy. Of all the ingredients, baby Bok Choy will be the last to be added. All the ingredients will be stir-fried in a wok or skillet beginning with the ground pork for a few minutes until it browns and is cooked through.
Bok Choy will then be added to the wok at the very end for only about a minute or until tender just before serving. Other ingredients in this recipe are soy sauce, chili garlic sauce, and sesame seed oil among others. If you wanted to add a twist to this recipe, the oyster mushroom would also work. View Recipe.
12. Baby Bok Choy and Cucumber Salad Recipe
- Ready In: 10 minutes
- Serves: 2
- Cuisine: American/Western
- Method: Raw salad
- Calories: 67 per serving
This is a super easy raw salad recipe utilizing Bok Choy. Although the recipe calls for baby Bok Choy, full-size regular Bok choy can also be used in this recipe. However, make sure to avoid the fibrous ends of the stalks, something you don’t get with the baby Bok Choy.
On the cucumber, use burpless cucumber whose skin can be eaten without bitterness. We have English cucumbers, lemon cucumbers, or Persian cucumbers in mind here. The recipe will produce a salad and accompanying dressing. Ingredients include toasted sesame oil, rice vinegar, reduced-sodium soy sauce (example), and fresh minced garlic. View Recipe.
13. Beef and Bok Choy Stir Fry Recipe
- Cooks In: 1 hour
- Serves: 4
- Cuisine: American/Asian
- Method: Frying
- Calories: 363 per serving
Of the many recipes with Bok Choy, one could do as stir fry, this is one of the best treats. This is a one-skillet dish, easy and quick to make which positions it as a good candidate for a weeknight meal. The ingredients going into the recipe include cornstarch, low sodium soy sauce (example), ginger, garlic, and vegetable oil.
On the beef, thinly sliced flank steak will be used although any of your favorite cuts will also do. The Bok Choy will be sliced coarsely for the recipe keeping in mind that once cooked, the slices will reduce in size. Instead of only Bok Choy in the stir fry, you could successfully create a variation by adding broccoli or zucchini to the recipe. In the case of leftovers, they can be refrigerated for up to 3 days and reheated using a microwave or on the stovetop. View Recipe.
14. Red Cabbage Stir-Fry Recipe with Bok Choy
- Cooks In: 30 minutes
- Serves: 6
- Cuisine: Asian
- Method: Stir-fry
- Calories: 316 per serving
This is a very interesting dish if you have ever read anything about the health benefits of red cabbage. It thus combines the nutritional value of Bok Choy and the functional health benefits of purple cabbage into a single dish. It is a simple but flavorful stir fry dish suitable for vegans as well.
The star ingredients in this dish are the Bok Choy and red cabbage. The flavor punch comes from sesame oil, soy sauce, avocado oil, and fresh chili paste. Bok Choy and red cabbage is cooked first and then followed by the other ingredients. View Recipe.
15. Bok Choy With Ginger and Tomatoes Recipe
- Cooks In: 30 minutes
- Serves: 4
- Cuisine: American/Western
- Method: Frying
Many of us grow tomatoes or at least have access to great-tasting tomatoes. It is always a welcome opportunity to find a good recipe that utilizes them with a tasteful outcome. This recipe combines tomatoes, Bok Choy, and ginger to create a simple but differently flavorful dish.
Other ingredients going into the recipe are coconut oil, garlic, green onions, and 2 tablespoons of soy sauce. This is also a one-pot dish that is accomplished in one pan. The final product can be served as a side dish. View Recipe.
16. Pork Stir-Fry Recipe with Bok Choy and Cashews
- Cooks In: 30 minutes
- Serves: 4
- Cuisine: American/Western
- Method: Frying
Here is another family-friendly pork stir-fry recipe with Bok Choy. This time around instead of ground pork, this recipe calls for pork tenderloin. The dish is easy and very fast to make which makes it perfect for weeknight meals. The pork is first marinated for 5 to 10 minutes. While it is marinating, it is an opportunity to cook the vegetables.
The main ingredients which are cooked will be later combined towards the end when the dish is finalized. Some of the ingredients going into this recipe include Marin (example), white pepper, canola oil, Asian sesame oil, and salted cashews.
This dish tolerates substitutes. For example, dry roasted peanuts may be used in place of the cashews. Furthermore, the recipe can be varied by adding red cabbage and carrot. The final dish that comes out of the original recipe can be served with rice. View Recipe.
17. Skirt Steak Recipe with Bok Choy
- Cooks In: 35 minutes
- Serves: 2 to 4
- Cuisine: American/Western
- Method: Frying
- Calories: 316 per serving
The star ingredient in this recipe is the skirt steak. The Bok Choy is complimentary, bringing a lovely green contrast to the plate. This is an easy dish to make although the list of ingredients is detailed. Included in the ingredients are low-sodium soy sauce, light brown sugar, wine vinegar, fresh ginger, sesame oil, red chili flakes, shiitake mushrooms, and mayonnaise.
The dish will be prepared in a single skillet in stages beginning with the steak. The Bok Choy will be cooked for 2 to 3 minutes cut side down in olive oil and butter. Due to the list of ingredients and cooking stages involved, at 35 minutes to complete, this dish doesn’t feel like a weeknight fit. The weekend is probably its best fit. View Recipe.
Conclusion
This collection of recipes with Bok Choy demonstrates, to a large extent, that the vegetable is versatile and can be paired with a variety of other ingredients which can be meat or even other vegetables. Bok Choy can be used in quick and very easy-to-do dishes, many of which do not take time at all and can be accomplished during busy weeknights. When using the vegetable you have a choice between baby Bok Choy and regular full-size Bok Choy.
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