Warm Bok choy salad

Extremely tasty, bright and healthy dish! Bok choi (or pak choi) is popular in China and in Southeast Asia. There are many options for cooking this plant. It is boiled, steamed, fried and pickled. It's very tasty!
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 4 % 1 g
Fats 63 % 15 g
Carbohydrates 33 % 8 g
174 kcal
GI: 86 / 0 / 14

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 15 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to make a warm salad from Chinese cabbage stalks? Prepare all the products listed in the recipe. Fresh ginger can be replaced with dry ground ginger, and instead of vegetable oil, take olive oil or even better, if you have sesame oil.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Wash each leaf of the Bok choy in cold water and dry it. Separate the green part of the leaf from the white one.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Cut the white fleshy stem into small fragments.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Chop the green part of the Bok choy similarly.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan. Put the white pieces of cabbage in a frying pan and fry over high heat, stirring, for about a minute.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Add the green Bok choy leaves to the pan, stir and cook for a few seconds.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Peel garlic and ginger, rinse and dry. The number of these components can be increased or decreased to your liking. Add ginger and garlic grated on a fine grater to the cabbage. Add sugar, paprika and ground black pepper. Stir and leave on the stove for a minute or two.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Salt the finished dish to taste and remove the pan from the heat.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    Serve warm, sprinkled with a small amount of sesame seeds.

Delicious both warm and cold.

Cabbage Bok choy translates from Chinese as "Horse ear". It is incredibly useful, normalizes blood clotting and has a bactericidal effect. With anemia, this vegetable is irreplaceable. 
Bok choy contains a large amount of vitamins, minerals, amino acids and fiber.
If possible, be sure to include such cabbage in your diet.

Enjoy your meal!

Since the degree of salinity, sweetness, bitterness, sharpness, acid, burning is individual for everyone, always add spices, spices and seasonings, focusing on your taste! If you put some of the seasonings for the first time, then keep in mind that there are spices that it is especially important not to shift (for example, chili pepper). 

Any oils are useful only until a certain temperature is reached - the point of smoking, at which the oil begins to burn and toxic substances, including carcinogens, are formed in it. How to determine the roasting temperature and choose the best oil for frying, and which is better not to use at all, read here .

Important! An incorrectly selected frying pan can ruin even the best recipe. All the details on how to choose the perfect frying pan for different dishes read here .

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Green cabbage - 46   kcal/100g
  • Fresh frozen green cabbage in a package - 45   kcal/100g
  • Garlic - 143   kcal/100g
  • Ginger - 80   kcal/100g
  • Dry ginger - 347   kcal/100g
  • Pickled ginger - 51   kcal/100g
  • Granulated sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Dried whole sesame seeds - 563   kcal/100g
  • Shelled sesame seed - 582   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Paprika - 289   kcal/100g

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