Bok Choy With Chives, Black Bean Sauce, and Chow Fun

Instead of noodles, the base of the dish is stir-fried bok choy (cooked in a super-heated cast iron wok to get some nice, smoky wok hei into it) along with flowering chives, Chinese chives, and leeks in a savory fermented black bean and soy-based sauce. The noodles are still great—perfect for adding a bit of textural and flavor contrast—but now their ratio is more akin to the marshmallows in the Rice Krispies.

Braised Baby Bok Choy With Garlic, Ginger, and Soy

Quick braised bok choy with a hint of garlic and ginger in a soy-based glaze.

Braised Chinese Mushrooms with Bok Choy

Braised Chinese Mushrooms with Bok Choy makes for a great side dish or a main for vegans seeking meaty mushroom goodness!

Garlic Baby Bok Choy Stir Fry

This stir fried garlic baby bok choy is a great vegetable side or alternative to salad. Easy to make, garlicky baby bok choy is a perfect holiday side dish.

Bok choy with oyster sauce and crispy garlic

You should always have a big plate of greens on your table for a Cantonese family-style meal. This saucy bok choy with crispy garlic is delicious!

Bok Choy Stir-fry

This bok choy stir-fry recipe is a healthy veggie side dish that goes with everything. We'll show you how to work with any bok choy variety!

Stir-Fried Bok Choy

This is a fast and easy way to cook any leafy green Chinese vegetable—bok choy, gai lan, Chinese spinach, or amaranth—while preserving maximum freshness and flavor. Here, bok choy are sliced and stir-fried with scallions, garlic, and ginger. A dash of salt, sugar, and sesame oil enhance the bok choy's natural vegetal flavor without overpowering it.

Seriously Asian: Stir-Frying Vegetables

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Noodles with Flank Steak, Bok Choy, and Black Bean Sauce

Chinese black bean sauce has the power to make anything it touches taste meatier and more robust. More importantly, it does this almost instantly, without any long simmering required. This is especially welcome on a busy weeknight, because all I have to do is prep and cook some vegetables and meat, boil some noodles, mix in sauce, and serve.

Shrimp with Black Bean Sauce

Shrimp with black bean sauce is a delicious over steamed rice (it's also close to the New England version of shrimp with lobster sauce).