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bok choy and asparagus with soy, honey and garlic

17 June 2014 by Dominic Franks

… The Viking is a big fan of cabbage.  He wears this fact on his sleeve like it’s some kind of working-class talisman.  If it’s got cabbage in it then it must be good, proper food.  ‘Salt of the Earth’ type food.  Peasant food.  It’s as though by default his love of cabbage keeps him closer to his roots, it earths him in his background and upbringing where, it seems, they ate cabbage in abundance, for every meal, without fail.  It’s quite funny how something so simple as a cabbage can drive him to such passions.  If i tell him i’m making something I know he’s not that particularly fond of but then tell him it has cabbage in it I can quite literally see his face turn from scorn to adoration in seconds… fortunately for us both it is quite incredible how many varieties of cabbage there are in the world…


bok choy and asparagus with honey, garlic and soy
a while back I was sent a tefal optigrill to trial and the poor thing has been languishing in the corner of the kitchen for a couple of sad months waiting to do its thing… and its thing, as the name suggests is grill stuff, well griddle stuff actually and its a very clever little device which tells you when your food is grilled to perfection and is angled down slighlty so that the fat from anything your griddling runs off into a drip tray leaving you with perfectly cooked, healthy food. Its optimum reason detre is to grill meats, which as you know, I do very little of here at Belleau Kitchen but of course it does vegetables too although if i’m honest, like most gadgets in my kitchen I can see this one being put at the back of a cupboard and staying there for a few dark months before being used again… until today, with the sun shining I looked at it sitting folornly in its box and thought, ‘you know… what you have there is a mini barbecue’ and hey presto, a few marinades later and we have a gorgeous al fresco lunch.

as it happens this bok choy was part of the gorgeous Abel & Cole delivery I had a while back and is grown locally in the UK, I was also sent this completely stunning steak as part of the same delivery.  As always I implore you to try and understand where your food comes from.  Get Food Smart and try to eat meat less often and only purchase it when you know its provenance.

enough for two people
1 large bok choy cabbage – quartered lengthways and then chopped into thirds
1 bunch of asparagus
1 large steak

for the marinade
3 cloves of garlic – finely crushed
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon honey
2 tablespoons soy sauce
3 teaspoons chinese 5 spice

place the chopped bok choy into a shallow bowl

in another bowl add the marinade ingredients and combine, pour half of the marinade over the bok choy and set aside in the fridge for 30 mins

place the steak into the bowl with the remaining marinade and set aside

if you’re placing the meat of veg in the fridge to cook later, don’t forget to remove them from the fridge 30 mins before cooking to bring them up to room temp and give a more even cook.

 the meat and the veg can be griddled on a barbecue or on your OptiGrill if you have one, the bok choy takes about 3 minutes on each side if you like it slightly crunchy and the meat will take between 4 and 6 minutes on each side depending on how you like it…

eat and of course, enjoy!

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  2. Baking Addict says

    17 June 2014 at 9:31 pm

    That looks really tasty! I usually steam or stir fry my veg so will have to try grilling it next time for a different flavour and texture.

  3. Mary says

    17 June 2014 at 9:36 pm

    This is a fabulous meal – lots of wonderful flavors – very satisfying
    Mary

  4. 1st Man says

    18 June 2014 at 5:11 am

    Wow, how good does that look? Well, heck, all your food looks good, who am I kidding, ha. Really though, must try this. Thanks!!

  5. bellini says

    18 June 2014 at 12:48 pm

    I always love finding healthier meals.

  6. SavoringTime in the Kitchen says

    18 June 2014 at 6:05 pm

    I am right along in the cabbage camp! Love the stuff. This looks like a meal that would win adoration in my family also.

  7. Kate Glutenfreealchemist says

    18 June 2014 at 9:42 pm

    I could have done with this recipe last weekend when my husband was scratching his head over how to use the bok choy I had bought without being really boring. I will bookmark it for another day as it sounds lovely!

  8. Luca Marchiori says

    19 June 2014 at 11:46 am

    That meat looks perfectly cooked. Yummy. And a great mix of flavours too.

  9. Karen S Booth says

    19 June 2014 at 4:36 pm

    Totally LUSH and my kind of meal Dom!

  10. Jean | DelightfulRepast.com says

    21 June 2014 at 2:44 am

    Dom, I tell people the same thing: “try to eat meat less often and only purchase it when you know its provenance.” After a day of cooking for a party tomorrow, I had no energy left for tonight's dinner. Fortunately, I had a small package of grassfed ground beef (mince) that was raised locally and sustainably, etc. AND I have a gadget similar to the one you used for the steak and vegetables, which cooked my ground beef patties in 5 minutes flat. Wish I'd had some bok choy and asparagus on hand — that looks scrummy!

  11. Choclette says

    23 June 2014 at 6:18 pm

    Hooray for the Viking – cabbage is a smashing vegetable. Your grill looks particularly scrumptious and my stomach is rumbling loader by the minute.

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