Bread and Butter Pickled Bok Choy

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    6 to 7

    cups
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Asian Smoke: Thai and Southeast Asian Barbecue from the Curry Boys

By Andrew Ho, Andrew Samia and Sean Wen

Published 2026

  • About

We created this recipe for a fun restaurant collab in Portland with the fine folks at Yaowarat—a restaurant specializing in Thai Chinese food! It was meant to be an accompaniment to a brisket dish, but so many people started requesting extra servings just to enjoy on its own.

The pickled bok choy matches so well with a fatty slice of brisket over rice, or can simply be enjoyed by itself as a subtly sweet and crunchy side dish. This version of bok choy lets us know that there is stil