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Vegetable side dishes

Want to eat more leafy greens? Here you’ll find a wide variety yet accessible vegetable side dishes from Asian Chinese greens to popular Western vegetables, made simple, easy, fresh, and delicious!

Salads

Feature image shows bok choy slaw with other Asian coleslaw vegetables in a large white serving plate and Thai chili dressing on the side.

Bok Choy Slaw with Thai Chili Lime Dressing

Side Dishes

Photo shows a plate of stir fried choy sum with garlic, served over a blue white color plate with chopsticks on the side.

Stir fried choy sum

Salads

Feature image shows a plate of Taiwanese style glass noodle salad, tossed with vegetables in a creamy dressing.

Glass noodle salad (凉拌粉絲)

Side Dishes

Feature image shows picking up a jar of pickled daikon radish and carrots in a glass jar.

Taiwanese Pickled Daikon

Side Dishes

Feature overhead image shows a plate of crisp stir fried bean sprouts topped with crispy shallots and thin sliced snow peas, Taiwanese style.

Bean sprouts stir fry

Side Dishes

Feature overhead image shows a plate of air fried broccolini to tender and crisp, garnished with lemon, grated garlic parmesan.

Air fryer broccolini

Appetizers

Photo shows baked bacon wrapped string beans over a lined sheet pan and drizzled with balsamic vinegar.

Bacon Wrapped Green Beans

Side Dishes

An overhead image shows crispy brussel sprouts tossed in honey sriracha sauce, served on a white color plate.

Honey sriracha brussel sprouts

Side Dishes

A side shot image shows buttery soft eggplants stir fried with tofu puffs with basil, chili, and garlic sauce.

Eggplant tofu with garlic basil sauce

Course

Feature image shows Persian cucumbers sliced to spears and marinated with Asian pickling juice and served in a white oval plate.

Asian pickled cucumbers

Side Dishes

Image shows Thai basil eggplant coated with sweet basil sauce, served with rice in a blue white color bowl.

Thai basil eggplant

Appetizers

Feature image shows cucumber roll ups with avocado and turkey deli meat, served on a white plate with chopsticks.

Cucumber roll ups

Salads

Feature image shows napa cabbage slaw served in a wood plate and tossed with dressing.

Napa cabbage slaw

Side Dishes

A close shot shows blanched yu choy stacked onto a serving plate and covered with minced garlic with garlic sauce.

Yu choy with garlic sauce

Side Dishes

Image shows sauteed napa cabbage with garlic ginger and shiitake mushrooms Asian style served in a light gray color plate.

Sauteed Napa cabbage with shiitake

Side Dishes

Feature image shows garlic broccoli that is tender and coated with garlic sauce and served in a blue white color plate.

Broccoli with garlic sauce

Side Dishes

Image shows garlic butter ed broccoli served in a plate with lemon wedges on the side.

Garlic butter broccoli

Main Course

Image shows stir fried Shanghai rice cake with napa cabbage and bok choy in Asian brown sauce on a purple color plate.

Shanghai rice cake with napa cabbage and bok choy

Side Dishes

Image shows sauteed steakhouse mushrooms served in a white plate with thyme garnish.

Steakhouse mushrooms

Side Dishes

A purple plate filled with steamed baby bok choy with garlic and oyster sauce drizzled on top.

Steamed bok choy with garlic oyster sauce

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