Easy, healthy Bok Choy and Garlic Over Pasta recipe that you can throw together in minutes! The bok choy tastes great in this olive oil and garlic sauce!
Bok choy was another one of those plants that we really discovered this Spring on a new plant getting to know you level. Over the past few Winters we experimented with a few bok choy plants under a greenhouse and it worked pretty good, so we thought to start making it a permanent garden fixture.
This Spring we planted a few more bok choy plants and they grew massive. Want some size comparison?
So after we had such great luck with that we wanted to try to see if it would grow in the heat in the Summer too. So now there are about 10 bok choy plants growing happily alongside the kale. Right now they’re about 8 inches in diameter so hopefully in about a month we’ll see some more bok choy ready to harvest! Bok choy freezes great so it’s nice to be able to put some aside to enjoy on Snowy January days too!
With a whole lot of bok choy picked I needed to come up with some good dinner recipes with it. I think bok choy is delicious with noodles and rice but I wanted to give it a garlic kick.
Garlic was the perfect partner to go along with this bok choy. It makes a fulling healthy dinner that is bursting with flavor.
Hope you enjoy this Bok Choy and Garlic Over Pasta recipe!
Looking for more bok choy recipes? Try this creamy Bok Choy Pasta meal or Bok Choy Stir Fry.
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Bok Choy and Garlic Over Pasta
PrintIngredients
- 1 pound bok choy - chopped
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1/4 cup chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- 2 cloves garlic - minced
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 box Pasta of your choice cooked to box directions.
Instructions
- Wash and chop boy choy into 1 inch pieces.
- In a bowl combine chicken broth, ginger, garlic, soy sauce, oyster sauce, brown sugar and red pepper flakes.
- In a large skillet heat olive oil and sesame oil over medium high heat. Add bok choy and fry for about 5-7 minutes until it wilts.
- Turn heat to low and add sauce you made in bowl to the bok choy in the skillet. Toss bok choy lightly to cover in sauce.
- Pour bok choy mixture over pasta.
- Enjoy!
Jenn Schroeder says
Great recipe! Very much a keeper. We added mushrooms to the mix to double down on unami. Next time I will add a dash of fish sauce and the mushroom liquid from re-hydrating some dried mushrooms. I’ll comment on how that goes. In the interim, I did half again more garlic. Super yummy.
Pamela says
Hey Jenn, I love the addition of mushrooms – yum! Thanks for commenting!
Hobie says
This was really good! I left out the sugar and added fish sauce and tofu.
Pamela says
Hey Hobie, I’m so glad to hear you liked this recipe. Thanks for commenting!
Kris says
Made this tonight after picking up a bag of small bok choy at the market this afternoon. Followed the recipe exactly, used pancit canton as the noodle (hubby is Filipino so we usually have it on hand). It was great and so quick to make, I expect this will become part of our weeknight rotation.
Pamela says
Hey Kris, thanks so much for letting me know you and your family enjoyed this dish! Bok Choy is being picked everyday in the garden so I’m enjoying it right now too!
Angie@Angie's Recipes says
Bok choy and pasta…a simple yet very tasty combination!
Helen @ Scrummy Lane says
I really love that your recipes are often so simple and just let your beautiful garden produce shine, Pamela! 🙂
Amy @ Elephant Eats says
I happen to love the texture of bok choy! It’s so yummy sauteed with garlic…I will def be giving this recipe a try.