Super fast and simple, this Garlic Bok Choy Stir Fry recipe is perfect for a quick vegan lunch or busy weeknight dinner. I love it best served over steamed rice.
Every once in a while I like to take a vacation. Correction: I need a vacation. But a busy schedule make it an almost impossible desire. Instead, I take time to “zone out.” I take these mini-holidays on any particular day and when I think I most deserve it. I leave everything behind and pretend I’m on an adventure. Anything to spice up my routine lifestyle.I wear my favourite pair of comfortable pants, put on my comfy walking shoes, and armed with a camera and a few bare necessities, I set out on an exploration.
The streets by my home are lined with vintage stores filled with pretty little things. There’s a cafe on the corner of the street that serves the best chocolate eclair I’ve ever had. As I walk down that road, filled with the hustle and bustle of people walking their dogs and moms dragging their kids from the ice-cream shop, it gives me a sense of vacationing. You know, the feeling you get when you experience a place for the first time. It’s curious how enriching it can be just to take in all the sights and sounds and see things from a new perspective. It helps me. It helps me forget deadlines, and to-do lists. It helps to open up my mind to new avenues of thinking. Some I never even knew were embedded somewhere in my head.
I walk the extra mile to a nearby lake. I turn towards my favourite bench overlooking the horizon and I enjoy my eclair. My camera captures things that I see along the way and want to keep imprinted on my mind. These also become inspiration for the rest of the week; sometimes even the month! What is most exhilarating, is the feeling of being free. It gives me a chance to see things around me in a new light.
With food, I often feel the same way too. Sometimes, you just want something different and simple – like this Garlic Bok Choy Stir-fry recipe. It doesn’t have to be exotic or even back-breakingly elegant. Just different enough to take your palate on a holiday. I try and keep at least one day of the week where I try out something different.
I often create or recreate recipes depending on my mood. Sometimes, it’s the ingredients that are new to me, and most times, the flavours that follow along. This Garlic Bok Choy Stir-fry dish is one such feat. With an open mind to create vegetable dishes that I would enjoy and always come back to, I decided to play around with bunches of fresh Bok Choy I picked up a few days ago. It resulted in what has now become one of my favourite comfort dishes. Yes, it really is that good that I promise you won’t even try cooking bok choy any other way!
Garlic Bok Choy Stir-fry
Ingredients
- 1 tsp light cooking oil
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp finely chopped garlic
- 1 small onion thinly sliced
- 8-10 bunches baby bok choy washed and cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1 tsp white pepper
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Heat the oils in a deep non-stick wok and add in the chopped garlic and sliced onions.
- Once the garlic and onions starts to sizzle, add in the bok choy and stir-fry for about a minute.
- Add in the white pepper and soy sauce, give it a good mix and stir-fry for another minute until the leaves start to wilt. Season with salt if needed and serve warm.
This post was originally published in August 2007 and has been recently updated.
If you like this recipe, then you will surely like my Ginger Shrimp Stir-fry.
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Thanks for the recipe; it was easy to follow and the dish turned out very well!
I had a bunch of bok choy and was wondering what I could make without an extra trip to buy ingredients. Unsure, I turned to my friend, Google. Upon a search for bok choy and garlic, your website came up and I found it. I’m glad I did!
I just made this, and it is heavenly! Kudos to the chef; thank you for this recipe.
This was more than delicious. I also love the simplicity of the dish as well as the ease in making it. This is as fast as any box dinner, and a million times better for my health, soul, and for the world.
Hi There, i just came accross your blog through stumbleupon and think it is fantastic. Lovely food pics especially. I have so many blogs in my RSS that I usually dont even stop on food blogs as I hardly have time to read the ones that i have already! Good news is that I just added yours and will try and read it as much as possible. Best of luck and keep up the good work!
Hi, Meena. I love this blog.
My wife made this dish for dinner tonight with a side of curry and rice. It was absolutely delicious. Thanks for the terrific recipe!
Too right, sometimes a change is good. Eating something like this would certainly be a GOOD change!
Hello Meena.. actually sort of first time to ur blog.. i like ur Malay association in cooking.. do post a lot of veggie malay cuisine.. recently, when i had transit time in malaysia while flying back n forth to india, i had the opportunity ot visit malaysia.. i really loved that place and food.. In one place, i tried spicy vegetarian mutton… it was very reddish and hot and divine for my tongue… do post a recipe .. it tasted almost like mutton.. how do we make all that ?? try posting about this sometime.. thanks a lot.. love ur site… with the pictures and writing skills, u shud consider writing a cook book urself…
I hear ya on the change thing. We all get so into the comfort zone sometimes. I don’t strike out often with food, even though I have a very diverse palate. I must strive to do more.
Tom
Looks great! I’m adding it to my list of recipes to try! I love bok choy and garlic, so this has got to be good.
Hi Meena,
Great recipe – it was a hit with the kids, as always 🙂
This is just the kind of thing I go for. The first thing that would come to my mind when I think of bok choy is garlic, and this recipe is definitely a good one to keep. You’re right about zoning out once in a while, I think it’s the only thing that keeps most of us sane.
Delicious recipe, I’m impressed! Hope you enjoyed your mini-break. I just had a holiday and I feel like I need another one 😉
Great recipe, Meena. I understand how you feel.
This recipe is delicious and super easy!
That’s a quick and delicious meal! Love it! 🙂
I love all of these ingredients, and will be making this soon. It looks delicious!
The simplicity of this dish is what makes it comforting and you have done an excellent job of demonstrating that in the picture.
such a tasty, simple and gorgeous dish!!!
We all need vacation when life gets mundane. I agree with you that it doesnt have to be elaborate. It could be even a hot cup of tea on a rainy evening listening to yr fav music… Love yr bok choy too. Will try it soon.
That is brilliant! I love had bok choy with garlic…what a combo.
A beautiful picture and I love the simplicity of the recipe. I hope your vacation leaves you well rested.