Sesame Bok Choy with Mixed Mushrooms

Light, healthy and fragrant, this Asian-inspired Sesame-Mushroom Bok Choy with ginger, garlic, sesame oil and oyster sauce, is a delicious combination of inviting flavours and textures. The perfect side dish for grilled salmon, seafood or sweet Teriyaki chicken, it's also great served with rice to soak up all of the lovely sauce.

Sesame Bok Choy with Mixed Mushrooms
Serves 2

1 tbsp vegetable oil
3 cloves garlic, finely sliced
1 lb Shanghai bok choy, trimmed and thinly sliced
8 oz cremini or shiitake mushrooms, trimmed and sliced
1 tbsp fresh ginger, minced
2 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp sesame oil
1/4 tsp kosher salt
1 tbsp sesame seeds, toasted
1 pinch crushed red pepper, optional


Heat one tablespoon of oil in a large saucepan oven over medium-high heat. Add the garlic and cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant but not browned, about 30 seconds. Add the bok choy, mushrooms and ginger, and cook, stirring until wilted, about 5 minutes. Stir in the oyster sauce, sesame oil and salt, and serve with a garnish of sesame seeds and crushed red pepper.