Chinese-Style Baby Bok Choy with Mushroom Sauce

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Description

Baby bok choy, lightly cooked just until bright green, is the star of this Chinese side dish, which gets earthy sweetness from oyster sauce and portobello mushrooms.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons oyster sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 teaspoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon water
1 teaspoon potato starch
1/4 teaspoon vegetable oil
2 pinches salt
4 heads baby bok choy
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons minced green onion
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 (8 ounce) package sliced portobello mushrooms

Directions

1 Mix together oyster sauce, soy sauce, and brown sugar in a medium bowl until sugar is dissolved. Mix together water and potato starch in a small bowl until smooth; stir into oyster sauce mixture until well combined. Set aside.
2 Fill a large pot with water and bring to a boil. Stir in vegetable oil and 2 pinches salt. Place bok choy into boiling water; cook until tender, shiny, and bright green, 2 to 3 minutes. Drain and arrange bok choy attractively on a serving platter.
3 Heat olive oil in a large skillet or wok until shimmering. Cook and stir green onion and garlic in hot oil until fragrant, about 20 seconds; stir in mushrooms. Cook and stir until mushrooms begin to shrink slightly. Sprinkle lightly with salt. Continue to cook mushrooms, stirring often, until tender, about 5 minutes. Pour in oyster sauce mixture and stir until sauce is thickened and coats mushrooms, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Pour mushroom sauce over bok choy on the platter. Serve hot.