Microwave Steamed Baby Bok Choy Recipes

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.

MICROWAVE BABY BOK CHOY WITH MISO SAUCE

Steps:

• Put 3 tablespoons of water in a large heatsafe glass bowl. Add the bok choy, ginger and garlic. Gently stir to combine. Cover with a vented lid or plastic wrap with 6 small holes poked in it. Microwave on high for 3 minutes. Carefully uncover and stir the bok choy. Cover again and cook on high until the bok choy is crisp-tender, about 3 more minutes.
• Meanwhile, whisk together the miso paste, sesame oil, rice vinegar, 3 tablespoons water and a pinch of black pepper in a small bowl. Reserve.
• Use a pair of tongs to transfer the bok choy to a serving platter, discarding any extra liquid and the garlic cloves left behind in the bowl. Drizzle with the miso sauce and garnish with the toasted sesame seeds.

STEAMED BABY BOK CHOY AND BROCCOLI

Steps:

• Cut broccoli head into florets and stems into bite sized pieces.
• Cut the leaves off the bok choy and cut the stems into bite sized chunks.
• Steam the broccoli and the stems of the bok choy in half a cup of boiling water for 5 minutes or until they are bright green.
• Remove lid and boil water out.
• Add garlic and oil and stir well.
• Add bok choy leaves.
• Cover pot briefly til leaves just wilt.
• Add ginger and soy sauce.
• Stir, then serve.

MICROWAVE STEAMED BABY BOK CHOY

Steps:

• Cut baby bok choy in 1/2 lengthwise, place side by side in shallow microwave proof dish with 2 to 3 tablespoons water. Cover loosely with plastic wrap. Microwave on high for 4 to 5 minutes or until tender and cooked through.