chef john's garlic and ginger bok choy

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 3 small heads bok choy, chopped
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 red bell pepper, sliced
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional)
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 6 drops toasted sesame oil, or more to taste

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 5 mins Ready Time: 20 mins


• trim bottom from boy choy heads. cut leaves from stalks. cut stalks into 1/2-inch chunks. gather large leaves and cut into halves.
• heat vegetable oil over high heat. saute bok choy stalks and bell pepper in hot oil until just beginning to soften, about 1 minute.
• stir garlic, ginger, and red pepper flakes into the bok choy mixture; saute until garlic and ginger are fragrant, about 1 minute more.
• stir bok choy leaves, soy sauce, and sesame oil into the bok choy mixture; saute just until the leaves turn a bright green and beginning to soften, about 1 minute more.