Sesame Grilled Baby Bok Choy

This beautiful Sesame Grilled Baby Bok Choy is a more dainty member of the cabbage family that when cooked has a subtly sweet flavor and is best served simply. Lightly grilling these small, delicate bundles brings out a world of flavor and adds color and crunch to the meal.

Pump Up Your Side Dish Game with Some Baby Bok Choy

Side Dishes for our meals are sometimes kind of an afterthought. They take a backseat to our protein that we think of as the center of the plate, but they are really important to having a complete meal experience and a healthy diet. Opening canned vegetables or microwaving a bag of green beans is functional for getting a vegetable on the plate, but it isn’t the most appealing option. Exciting vegetable side dishes are more likely to get eaten, and they don’t have to take long to prepare. This Baby Bok Choy recipe is a very easy dish to prepare and will definitely elevate your vegetable side dish game.

For another great vegetable side dish try these Grilled Zucchini and Mushrooms from MomDish.com  or this Roasted Garlic Cauliflower from WholesomeYum.com

How do you Clean Baby Bok Choy?

Like it’s close cousin cabbage, this green can be prepared in many ways. The main thing to remember is that it needs to be cleaned properly. Unlike a head of cabbage, the Baby Bok Choy has an open leaf structure that can hold dirt. This means you need to do more than wash the outside. A quick soak in a bowl of cold water will clean the leaves any dirt stuck in between the leaves will come away and sink to the bottom of the bowl.

How Do I Cook Baby Bok Choy

When I grill Baby Bok Choy, I remove any leaves on the outside that have been damaged and cut the bundles in half long ways and leave the stem or butt in tact. This will expose the tender inner leaves and keep the bundle from falling apart.

I usually cook this on my griddle pan, but any sturdy pan will work. Heat the pan on medium/high heat, and drizzle the smallest drizzle of olive oil over the pan. Lay the prepared bundles inside down onto the hot griddle and let cook for three minutes. Then turn the bundles over. You should have nicely browned inner leaves and see softening of the larger leaves. Cook for three more minutes. Just before the Bok Choy bundles are finished sprinkle with salt and pepper. Finally, drizzle sesame oil and sprinkle sesame seeds for extra flavor.

Serve Sesame Grilled Baby Bok Choy alongside your favorite Asian Main Course. Try this Perfectly Grilled Teriyaki Steak for your next Delicious meal. 

 

“An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.” – H. L. Mencken
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