HEALTHY Creamy Bok Choy Spaghetti made with Parmesan Cheese! This is a great way to sneak in vegetables for a meal your family will love! This easy recipe only uses 1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese and takes under 15 minutes to make! Sometimes I like adding chicken to it for more protein!
The garden is filled with bok choy right now. Every week when we come home from the garden I’m carrying a few pounds of it, thinking of new recipe ideas. The words “creamy” and “bok choy” dont usually go together but this recipe was such a hit it’s become a staple in our kitchen during bok choy season.
You’ll need 12 oz of bok choy for this recipe, either from your garden or a grocery store. We grow baby bok choy in the garden and it’s a wonderful fast growing plant. Because we pick it when it’s baby sized, you just yank out the entire plant.
I love baby bok choy so we have planted over 90 plants – crazy, I know! If you end up with lots of bok choy plants at once, don’t worry, it freezes really well!
A bonus of this recipe is that even though it’s “creamy” it’s a pretty healthy dish. I only had to add 1/2 cup of Parmesan cheese to create a nice creamy consistency. That’s the only cheese you need which is pretty good considering lots of other “creamy” dishes are using cups of cheese.
Also I recommend a skinny noodle, like simple spaghetti, instead of a hollow noodle (example is rigatoni) as it won’t absorb the creaminess as good.
Now let’s get cooking.
Wash your bok choy extra good when you bring it home. I use my salad spinner which is a life saver when it’s garden season.
While your spaghetti is cooking, start cutting up your bok choy. I cut the bok choy in half first, and then into skinny strips. The bok choy is going to wilt when cooking so don’t worry cutting the pieces up too small.
Your cream sauce consists of butter, garlic, flour, vegetable broth, milk, salt + pepper and Parmesan cheese. It’s a really simple sauce to make. And it smells so good!
Once it’s done, pour over your spaghetti noodles and mix it good so all your noodles are covered with it.
And in under 15 minutes you have a delicious, fresh meal for your family to enjoy.
I hope you enjoy this recipe and you’ll keep it in your recipe box!
Have a great weekend everyone!
Looking for more bok choy recipes? Try this Bok Choy Stir Fry. or Bok Choy and Garlic on Pasta meal.
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Creamy Bok Choy Spaghetti
PrintIngredients
- 16 oz spaghetti
- 12 oz bok choy
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 cloves minced garlic
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1/2 cup vegetable broth
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- salt + pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cook pasta as instructed on box. Drain, put back in pot and set aside.
- Cut up bok choy into bite size pieces.
- Melt butter and garlic in a large saucepan over medium high heat. Add flour and cook for 1 more minute, stirring.
- Add bok choy, vegetable broth and milk, continuing to stir until sauce thickens, about 5-7 minutes.
- Add Parmesan cheese and salt + pepper. Keep stirring until cheese melts.
- Pour cream sauce over spaghetti.
- Stir so everything is mixed. Serve hot.
- Enjoy!
Val B says
Loves this recipe! Was so easy & quick to make! I had fresh linguine to use and had just bought bok choy at a farmer’s market. I used 2 baby book choy for 2 of us & 1/2 lb of pasta. I made full sauce amount which was perfect. I think I would double it if I was making the whole lb of pasta, I like lots of sauce. I will add more bok choy next time and definitely more garlic. Also salt & pepper to taste was right on as everyone’s amount to add is individual. So yummy I will make again!
Sondra says
I just Made this! It’s fantastic I did add some lemon rind and about a tablespoon of lemon juice!
Pamela says
I’m so happy to hear you liked this recipe Sondra! Thanks for commenting! 🙂
Krystal says
Hey ! I just made this dish and it was so yummy! Thank you ❤️❤️
Pamela says
I’m so happy you liked this bok choy recipe Krystal! Thanks for commenting and letting me know!
Carol says
This recipe sounds so amazing. I was trying to figure out some new method of preparing bok choy and you have given me great inspiration with this lovely recipe. Cannot wait to try it!😊
Pamela says
Enjoy Carol, this is one of my favorite bok choy recipes!
Monica says
What a great, unexpected way to use bok choy! Love it!
Kathy @ Beyond the Chicken Coop says
I love dishes that come together quickly, are delicious, and healthy! For me, this could be my entire dinner 🙂
Megan - The Emotional Baker says
I haven’t done a lot of cooking with bok choy, but I can tell that’s about to change 🙂 This spaghetti looks sooo delicious!
Pamela, thanks so much for celebrating my 100th recipe with me! I love seeing your creations (especially your cats!! The bathing video on Instagram I’ve watched a million times – literally!) Thanks again 🙂
Susan says
I would have never thought of adding bok choy to pasta but I love the idea! It looks seriously delicious.
Juliana says
Wow Pamela…how nice picking the fresh bok choy from the garden and make this delicious pasta…I like the idea of creamy sauce…
Hope you are having a great week 🙂
Ashley says
I love bok choy! Our local store only has it occasionally and it drives me nuts! haha This spaghetti sounds delicious!
Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy says
I usually just put bok choy in Asian dishes, but I like the idea of adding it to spaghetti too.