Bok Choy and Hamburger

Based on my Aunt Susie’s recipe, this one brings back happy memories of afternoons spent with cousins.

Ingredients:
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 bunch bok choy, chopped, leaves separated from stalks
- 2 T olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 C beef broth
- 1/4 C water
- 1 T corn starch
- Soy sauce, to taste

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Instructions:

Brown ground beef. Drain, then set aside.

Add olive oil to saute pan, and add bok choy stems. Stir fry for 3-5 minutes, until getting tender. Add garlic, then leaves. Stir fry for 2 minutes more, until leaves are starting to wilt. Add beef broth and bring to a simmer. Simmer all veggies until tender. While simmering, mix corn starch and water with a fork. Add beef and cornstarch mixture to veggies, and stir. Sauce should thicken. If there isn’t enough sauce, add 1/4 C-1/2 more water.

Serve over rice.

CSA 6/14/12

I’m completely, totally enamored with produce.

Lillian and red leaf

Logan and green onions

Judy and garlic scapes

Lillian and kale

Logan and spinach

Howard and Bok Choy

So much so that my family was barely surprised when I asked them to pose for a few produce portraits.

Here’s how I’m using my CSA this week:

• Red leaf lettuce – lots of salads with homemade ranch dressing
• Green onions – for adding to salads, especially ranch bacon potato salad
• Garlic scapes – chop them up and use them just like garlic
• Kale – Sauteed as a side, and as kale chips
• Spinach – more salads with more ranch dressing
• Bok choy – Stir fried with hamburger, served over rice, just like my Aunt Susie used to make