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Roasted Bok Choy

Bok choy

Based on a recommendation by commenter Sean, we took our CSA bok choy and roasted it in the oven. Our usual method of preparing bok choy is to chop it up into smaller pieces and sautee it with olive oil and garlic, but cooking it in the oven seemed much simpler and quicker. Our first step was to separate the leaves from the core, but as I attempted to do so, I found a little surprise…

Well hello there Mr. Slug!

I was a little freaked out but hey, this stuff really is coming straight from a farm so it should be expected. I removed Mr. Slug and carefully washed the leaves. After drying them thoroughly, I tossed them with a bit of olive oil, salt, and pepper, then laid them out on a large baking sheet.

Bok choy on a baking sheet ready to go into the oven

I placed the baking sheet in the oven preheated to 450 degrees and kept it in for about 10 minutes, watching it carefully. When the edges of the leaves started to visibly crisp up, I pulled them out and seasoned the bok choy with more salt and pepper, plus a few squeezes of fresh lemon juice.

Oven roasted bok choy

Wow the bok choy was awesome! It was cooked through but still crisp and juicy. The lemon juice added a brightness to the already fresh flavor, and it really couldn’t have been more simple to prepare. We covered the baking sheet in foil first, so clean up was a breeze – just pull off the foil and toss in the trash! It was a great side dish to our meal, and I have a feeling we’ll be cooking bok choy like this from now on.

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4 Responses to “Roasted Bok Choy”

  1. Nicole says:
    June 25, 2010 at 10:32 am

    Yum! You made me curious enough to look up CSAs in Bergen County, but the most promising-looking one I found would probably still be more vegetables than I would need (even if I distributed amongst my family and Shiz’s house).

  2. Professor Vegetable says:
    October 19, 2011 at 6:17 pm

    I found this recipe very helpful! I needed to roast bok choy in an attempt to add it into something else! Thanks for the information!!!

  3. Laine says:
    July 9, 2013 at 11:34 pm

    I had a very hard time finding a recipe to use with full sized bok choy after purchasing it at the farmer’s market. This was great, and even reheated well . It was a little bitter reheated on its own, but paired fantastically with a chicken breast.

  4. Emily says:
    May 17, 2014 at 5:40 pm

    Roasted bok choy is one of my favorites, ill have to make this! Ive tried this one from Chic Delish that was so yummy!
    http://www.chicdelish.com/roasted-baby-bok-choy/