Can you eat raw bok choy?

Answer 1

Once the water boils, place the cleaned bok choy leaves into your steamer. Cover and steam for 6 minutes or until the leaves are tender. answer from

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Answer 2

Bok choy can be eaten raw in salads, green smoothies, or vegetable juices, or cooked in stir-fries, soups, or other vegetable dishes.

Braised Bok Choy

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon unhulled sesame seeds

8 baby bok choy or 3 regular bok choy

1 teaspoon Bragg Liquid Aminos or low sodium soy sauce

2 cups coarsely chopped shiitake mushrooms

2 large cloves garlic, chopped, optional

Procedure:

1. Lightly toast sesame seeds in a pan over medium heat for 3 minutes, shaking pan frequently. Set aside.
2. Cut baby bok choy in half lengthwise or cut regular bok choy into chunks.
3. Cover the bottom of large skillet with 1/2 inch water.
4. Add bok choy; drizzle with liquid aminos.
5. Cover and cook on high heat until bok choy is tender, about 6 minutes.
6. Remove bok choy and add mushrooms and garlic to the liquid in the pan.
7. Simmer liquid until reduced to a glaze.
8. Pour over bok choy; top with toasted sesame seeds.

Answer 3

Raw Bok Choy, Ahoy!Certainly, there are no side-effects... raw bok choy tastes good; add it to your salads.


Other suggestions:

• It does taste better lightly steamed and topped with a little oil.

• I love sauteing it with olive oil and ginger sauce marinade with a touch of garlic.

NOTE: Raw vegetables in the Brassica rapa family, which includes bok choy, release an enzyme called myrosinase, which triggers a process that puts the brakes on thyroid function,but also creates sulforaphane, which has anti-cancer and antimicrobial properties

. Cooking deactivates this enzyme. If you have an over-active thyroid and/or want to lower your risk of cancer and other diseases, eating small amounts of raw bok choy may be helpful. Otherwise, you're better off lightly steaming it first.