13 Bok Choy Recipes to Get Some Greens in Your Dinner
You’ve gotta love a vegetable that gives you two in one, and the best bok choy recipes highlight each of this cruciferous veggie’s strengths. The leaves, crinkled and deep green, soften quickly into silky scarves, while the white bulb goes sweet and tender—delicately cabbagey. Quick cooking means these dishes, both sides and mains, can be on your table on a weeknight even if you got home late. And yes, you can eat bok choy raw. Scroll down for its star moment in an herby, crunchy salad, plus a few more of our favorite bok choy recipes.
Photo by Diana Kuan1/13Stir-Fried Sesame Baby Bok Choy
Baby bok choy is harvested young, and it’s so tender and sweet that it doesn’t need much dressing up. Many of our favorite bok choy recipes call for simply steaming, boiling, or stir-frying the greens. Here it’s quickly cooked in a wok with ginger and garlic, then sauced with a combo of soy sauce, Chinese rice wine, and sugar.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Prop Styling by Anne Eastman, Food Styling by Lillian Chou2/13Little Pot Rice Noodles
Photo by Jenny Huang3/13Spinach Dumplings With Tofu and Rice Noodles
You’ll see many recipes for bok choy that highlight the beautiful nested layers of the crunchy brassica, but here it’s blanched and chopped, then mixed with carrot, vermicelli noodles, fried tofu, ginger, and green onion to make a filling for vegan-friendly boiled dumplings.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Lillian Chou4/13Rice Cake With Mixed Vegetables
This quick stir-fry from Hsiao-Ching Chou is the ideal fridge-clean-out meal—make it with a few cups of baby bok choy or mix in yu choy or baby spinach.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Prop Styling by Anne Eastman, Food Styling by Lillian Chou6/13Shamey Momos
Many Tibetan veggie momos are stuffed with potatoes, but this blend of tofu, bok choy, and shiitake mushrooms makes a particularly delicious filling. Check out this guide to rolling, shaping, and cooking momos before you get started.
Photograph by Frank Frances, food styling by Lillian Chou, prop styling by Sophia Pappas7/13Bok Choy With Brown Sauce and Crispy Garlic
8/13Lucky 8 Stir-Fry
Photo by Johnny Miller9/13Chao Nian Gao
This Shanghainese stir-fried rice cakes recipe from Kung Food by Jon Kung combines the delightfully chewy rice cakes with thinly sliced meat, a savory gingery sauce, and baby bok choy.
Photograph by Frank Frances, food styling by Lillian Chou, prop styling by Sophia Pappas10/13Crunchy Greens With Fat Choy Ranch
Alex Lau12/13Garlicky Bok Choy
You’re thinking you need some easy recipes for bok choy. Five ingredients and a few minutes later you have a delicious side dish for char siu or salt-baked chicken.
