Buck choy

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There's no such thing as buck choy.

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Does anybody know how to prepare this This is the first time I bough it
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There's no such thing as buck choy.

I take it you don't watch Chinese Westerns.

Nevertheless, _bok choy_ can be eaten raw but rarely is, it is usually
used, stem and greens, as a stir fry ingredient. It is fairly
tasteless but absorbs sauce flavors well. Baby bok choy is best. It
resembles celery but is, I believe, in the cabbage family.

Jed zyzygy@plenipôtentiary.com.invalid said:

Nevertheless, _bok choy_ can be eaten raw but rarely is.....

Nonsense. It's perfect for salads. It's like celery with its own
lettuce.

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There's no such thing as buck choy.

I take it you don't watch Chinese Westerns.

Nevertheless, _bok choy_ can be eaten raw but rarely is, it is usually
used, stem and greens, as a stir fry ingredient. It is fairly
tasteless but absorbs sauce flavors well. Baby bok choy is best. It
resembles celery but is, I believe, in the cabbage family.

Melanie S said:

Does anybody know how to prepare this This is the first time I bough it
Can you eat it raw

Is buck choy bok choi/choy that costs a dollar?

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Buck Choy? An oriental cowboy?

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I prefer it steamed.

It also goes well in soups and stews.
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Can you eat it raw

I prefer it steamed.

It also goes well in soups and stews.

I've eaten it raw in mixed salads, fried in stir fries and in woked mixed
veggies with sauce and I've used it in soups and stews. It would probably
be good steamed too...but I care little for steamed veggies, so I
personally wouldn't steam it. Probably be good grilled too, but that I
haven't tried yet.

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Buck Choy? Wasn't he the famous Chinese actor who did all those western
movies?

Methinks you mean bok choy. I cut it into 4 wedges each then stir fry with
chicken, mushrooms, etc and serve over rice.

Paul

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Jed zyzygy@plenipôtentiary.com.invalid said:

Nevertheless, _bok choy_ can be eaten raw but rarely is.....

Nonsense. It's perfect for salads. It's like celery with its own
lettuce.

Ha! That's funny!

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I presume you mean Bok Choy? I normally slice it diagonally and add it to a
stir fry. It can be eaten raw, but I've never tried it that way.

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I presume you mean Bok Choy? I normally slice it diagonally and add it to a
stir fry. It can be eaten raw, but I've never tried it that way.

I'll sometimes steam the baby ones whole and serve as a side dish.
The larger once I'll cut into manageable chunks and do the same thing,
or use them in soups or stir fry's.

It's one of our favorite veggies actually. Nice texture and gentle
flavor.
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Can you eat it raw

It's bok choy.

I suppose you can eat it raw but I never have. It's good in stir fries.
Common in Chinese dishes. Don't overcook, the stem parts should still be
a little crisp.

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Melanie S said:

Does anybody know how to prepare this This is the first time I bough it
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Is buck choy bok choi/choy that costs a dollar?

I'm just an old wok hand from the Rio Grande....

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i usually have it in stir fries, but once had it in a salad with asparagus
and a french dressing and i forget what else and it was delish.

and to all those people who are telling you it is bok choy, never have i
seen a vegetable be spelled in so many different ways, one supermarket to
the next. I presume the translation from the oringal mandarin ? to english
is not as straightfoward as we might think.

enjoy, whatever it is called!

chris

Nina Pretty Ballerina said:

and to all those people who are telling you it is bok choy, never have i
seen a vegetable be spelled in so many different ways, one supermarket to
the next. I presume the translation from the oringal mandarin ? to english
is not as straightfoward as we might think.

Bok choy, bok choi, bok tsoi -- these are Cantonese; in Mandarin the
various names start with bai tsai -- white cabbage. At any rate,
here's a simple delicious method to cook it by itself as a side dish:

Select small plants, they're younger and more tender.
Slice to bite-sized pieces (remember that the green leaves will
shrink drastically so if you have small plants they don't really need
to be sliced).
Heat a pan or wok. When hot, swirl in 1 or 2 tablespoons of oil
and add several quarter-sized pieces of fresh ginger.
When you smell the fragrance of the ginger, toss in the bok choi
and stir to coat all of it with oil -- a minute or so.
Season with a pinch of salt and a pinch of sugar (optional, but
good).
Swirl in a little water -- 2 tablespoons or so -- to create steam,
turn the heat down to medium low.
Serve after total cooking time of about 3 minutes -- greens should
still be shiny, whites should still be crunchy.

Incidentally, what is sold as "baby bok choi" is not immature bok choi
but actually a different plant, also known as Shanghai bok choi.
Cooked the same way, very similar taste. -aem