Bok Choy with Garlic Chili Oil
It's nice to have a quick and easy side dish that comes together under 30 minutes. I bought a lot of baby bok choy because they looked so good at the market to make Poached Bok Choy (with Pork Belly) / Pork / Recipes | Cooking with Aloha, Texas Style (cooking-with-aloha-texas-style.com)
I had a jar of garlic chili crisp oil that was almost empty and thought why not try another way with a spicy version without separating the green & white parts and boiling a big pot of water first. I guess Asian markets don't have scales to weigh produce for impulse shoppers like me and over buy and turns into a new side dish to add to my rotation. I added leftover pork belly chopped to make this a heartier meal with rice, I suppose this could be a good vegetable only dish.
- 2 pounds baby bok choy
- 2 T tallow or cooking oil Tallow / Brisket / BBQ Smoke / Recipes | Cooking with Aloha, Texas Style (cooking-with-aloha-texas-style.com)
- 2 T minced garlic Garlic Ice Cube / Helpful Hacks | Cooking with Aloha, Texas Style (cooking-with-aloha-texas-style.com)
- 2 T minced ginger Ginger Ice Cube / Helpful Hacks | Cooking with Aloha, Texas Style (cooking-with-aloha-texas-style.com)
Sauce
- 3 T Garlic Chili Crisp Oil
- 2 T shoyu
- 1 T Chinese wine
- 2 t sesame oil
- ½ t monk fruit
Instructions
- Cut baby bok choy lengthwise in half, trim the rough white root ends
- Clean the halved bok choy under water and dry in a colander
- Combine the sauce ingredients and set aside (garlic chili crisp oil, shoyu, Chinese wine, sesame oil, monk fruit)
- Heat tallow/cooking oil in wok over medium low heat
- Add minced garlic and ginger, stir until fragrant, about 15 seconds
- Increase heat to medium high
- Add bok choy and ¾ C water to pan
- Stir fry about 2-4 minutes until bok choy has softened.