Easy Chinese Vegetables

This is a super fast and easy Chinese vegetables recipe that is so versatile! This will come together in 10 minutes to serve a delicious side dish with your Chinese dinner. Serve this along with your main dish, soup and rice.

Ingredient List for Chinese Vegetables

• Chinese Leafy Greens: This recipe is versatile and can be used with many types of greens such as baby bok choy, choy sum, spinach and kale. In this recipe, my choice of greens is gai lan junior.
• Oil: Peanut oil or canola oil is a great choice.
• Garlic: Be careful when cooking the garlic. It can turn golden very quickly in hot oil and it also continues to cook in residual heat. Stirring constantly cooks the garlic evenly.
• Oyster sauce: I prefer using the LKK premium oyster flavoured sauce for best results.
• Water and sugar: These two ingredients balance all the flavours together.
• Sesame oil: Use this as a finishing oil after cooking to keep its delicious nutty aroma.

This is a humble Chinese vegetable recipe. It is my go-to recipe and we never get tired of it!

Step by Step Instructions

1. Wash Chinese greens. Remove any tough leaves and trim stems as needed. Chop greens into three equal portions if they are too long.
2. Bring a large pan of salted water to boil. Add the greens to the pan of boiling water. Cook for 1 minute until just tender but still crisp. Remove greens from water and place on plate.
3. Heat oil in a small pan, add the garlic and cook briefly. Add oyster sauce, water, sugar and sesame oil. Mix and pour over greens. Toss to coat with sauce. Serve immediately.

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Easy Chinese Vegetables

This is a super fast and easy Chinese vegetables recipe that is so versatile! It comes together in 10 minutes as a delicious side dish.

5 from 3 votes

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 10 minutes mins

Course Vegetables

Cuisine Chinese

Ingredients

  

• 1 bunch Chinese leafy green vegetables
• 2 tsp oil
• 3 cloves garlic minced
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce
• 1 tbsp water
• ½ tsp sugar
• 1 tsp sesame oil

Instructions

 

• Wash Chinese greens. Remove any tough leaves and trim stems as needed. Chop greens into three equal portions if they are too long.
• Bring a large pan of salted water to boil. Add the greens to the pan of boiling water. Cook for 1 minute until just tender but still crisp. Remove greens from water and place on plate.
• Heat oil in a small pan, add the garlic and cook briefly. Add oyster sauce, water, sugar and sesame oil. Mix and pour over greens. Toss to coat with sauce. Serve immediately.

Notes

This recipe is versatile and can be used with many types of greens such as baby bok choy, choy sum, gai lan, spinach and kale.

Be careful when cooking the garlic. It can turn golden very quickly in hot oil and it also continues to cook in residual heat. Stirring constantly cooks the garlic evenly.

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Keyword Greens, Quick and Easy