Baby Bok Choy with Oyster Sauce

Submitted by Hey Jude

"We had this excellent side dish last night with some Chinese steamed fish and jasmine rice...it was wonderful and SO easy! This is a recipe I tweaked a bit from a book called, simply, Dim Sum by Vicki Liley"

 

• Ready In: 7mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
• 3 tablespoons chicken stock
• 2 teaspoons soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch, mixed with
• 1 tablespoon chicken stock
• 1 bunch baby bok choy, bottoms trimmed but stalks left whole with some still 'stuck together',washed (about 3/4 lb.)

directions

1. In a small saucepan, combine oyster sauce, stock, soy sauce, sesame oil and cornstarch mixture.
2. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring until sauce bubbles and thickens; remove from heat.
3. Blanch bok choy in a saucepan of boiling water for 1 1/2 minutes; remove from pan with a slotted spoon and place on a serving plate.
4. Pour oyster sauce over it and serve.

Reviews

[lucy k.]

Interesting recipe. Thanks for the detailed instructions on preparing the bok choy -- I wouldn't have known how to do that. This didn't go over big with the kids, but I expected that. The sauce was quite salty --I might try only one teaspoon of soya sauce next time.

 

[tndang]

found it a bit salty, maybe i will reduce the oyster sauce and soy sauce pro. next time otherwise excellent!!!

 

[Lorac]

Excellent! We love bok choy but never knew what to do with it outside of a stir fry. I couldn't get baby choys so I chopped the stems into 2 1/2- 3" chunks and the quick blanching was the perfect cooking method. The sauce was dark, delicious and exotic - and - looked spectacular over the white and bright green bok choy. I made the recipe as directed using reduced sodium soy sauce. Next time I will make double, the 2 of us devoured every bit. Thanks Judy.

 

[BoxOWine]

I stumbled across this recipe while perusing reviews. change the name to "bok choy with oyster sauce". been searching for a good bok choy recipe for quite a long time as dh loves this vegetable. This one is great, quick and easy. i used sushi grade soy sauce and served it as a side dish to mandabears chinese roast chicken #72990. What a great meal we had. used about 2 lbs of bok choy and doubled the sauce. there was nothing left of the chicken and bok choy from 3 of us for dinner. then again, i am a big fan of hey jude's recipes. thanks again judy for another keeper.

 

[I'mPat]

So quick, so easy and oh so delicious and I can see it being so versatile for any asian inspired green vegie or even aspargus . I steamed my baby bok choy and scaled back for 2 serves and gave my sauce a quick 1 minute zap in the microwave, easy peasy, thank you Hey Jude, made for ZAAR Stars.