Sautéed Bok Choi with Cashew Sauce

- 1/2 cup cashews – roasted

- 1 tablespoon ginger, minced

- 1/4 cup white vinegar

- 7 dash of tobasco sauce or your favorite hot sauce

- 1/4 cup water

- 2 tablespoons basil, finely chopped

- 1/4 cup sugar/honey

- 2 tablespoons mint, finely chopped

- 1/4 cup soy sauce/tamari

- 1 – 1/2 lb bok choi, washed and dried

 

- 1/3 cup peanut oil

  • 1. In a food processor or blender, combine the cashews, vinegar, water, sugar, soy sauce, ginger, Tabasco, basil and mint, and puree.
  • 2. Separate bok choi leaves from stalks, and cut stalks into 1-inch-long- pieces. In a large sauté pan, heat oil over high heat until hot but not smoking. Add bok choi and cook, stirring briskly, for 1 1/2 to 2 minutes, until it is bright green and well seared. Remove from heat, drape with cashew sauce and serve at once.
  • Yield: 4 servings.