If you are wondering how to cut and clean bok choy then you are in the right place. This post is all about how to cut both baby bok choy and mature adult bok choy. We also have instructions and step-by-step photos showing the best way to clean it.
How do you clean and prepare bok choy?
Bok choy is a wonderfully crunchy vegetable from the cabbage family commonly used in Chinese cooking and other Asian cuisines. Sometimes called Pac Choi, it is a type of Chinese Cabbage and is good eaten raw, pickled, and cooked using quick cooking methods to preserve its great texture.
It can be cut in a few different ways.
- Chopped: Below we have instructions on how to chop or cut bok choy into small pieces for stir-fries, soups and sautés. We also have photos and instructions for cleaning the chopped veg too!
- Halved Baby: We also shared our tips for how to cut and clean baby bok choy for recipes like our Bok Choy Ramen soup where you want to have nice large decorative pieces.
- Whole Leaves: Bok Choy leaves can also be enjoyed in recipes such as kimchi. We’ll show you how to remove the leaves without breaking them and the proper way to wash them.
Bok Choy Storage
Once the bok choy is chopped, sliced, prepped, and cleaned you can use it immediately in your recipe, or you can store it for meal prep. Place the chopped bok choy in a gallon resealable Ziplock bag and keep in the produce drawer of the refrigerator. It will stay fresh for 5 to 7 days.
Favorite Bok Choy Recipes
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Description
If you are wondering how to cut and clean bok choy then you are in the right place. This post is all about how to cut both baby bok choy and mature adult bok choy. We also have instructions and step-by-step photos showing the best way to clean it.
1 large head bok choy, about 1 1/2 pounds
- Cut in half lengthwise
- Cut out core using a triangular cut (as for the core of cabbage)
- Cut stalks crosswise into small pieces.
- Cut leaves lengthwise and crosswise into bite-sized pieces
- Place in a salad spinner and fill with cool water.
- Swish to remove dirt.
- Drain and spin dry.
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: na
- Category: Vegetable
- Method: Knife Skills
- Cuisine: Asian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 9 calories
- Fat: 0 g
- Protein: 1 g
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Katie Webster
Katie Webster studied art and photography at Skidmore College and is a graduate of the New England Culinary Institute. She has been a professional recipe developer since 2001 when she first started working in the test kitchen at EatingWell magazine. Her recipes have been featured in numerous magazines including Shape, Fitness, Parents and several Edible Communities publications among others. Her cookbook, Maple Quirk Books was published in 2015. She launched Healthy Seasonal Recipes in 2009. She lives in Vermont with her husband, two teenage daughters and two yellow labs. In her free time, you can find her at the gym, cooking, stacking firewood, making maple syrup, and tending to her overgrown perennial garden.