Homemade Celery Spice Food

SPICY SHRIMP, CELERY, AND CASHEW STIR-FRY

Steps:

• Mix the soy sauce, sesame oil and wine, in a medium bowl, set aside. Mince the ginger, garlic, and red pepper flakes in a mini chopper.
• Heat a large nonstick skillet over high heat until very hot, about 2 minutes. Add 1 tablespoon of the vegetable oil, the celery and cashews. Season with 1/4 teaspoon salt, and stir-fry until the celery turns jade green, about 3 minutes. Transfer the mixture to a plate.
• Return the skillet to high heat. Add the remaining 1 tablespoon oil, the shrimp and the remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt, and stir-fry until shrimp turn pink and curl up, about 2 minutes. Add the ginger-garlic mixture and the scallion whites, and stir-fry until fragrant, about 1 minute. Return the celery and cashews to the pan with most of the scallion greens and the reserved soy sauce mixture and stir over the heat for about 1 minute to mix together evenly and blend flavors. Mound the mixture on a platter and garnish with the remaining scallion greens.

SPICY SAUTEED CELERY

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium heat, melt butter.
• Add garlic and cook until lightly browned, about 2 minutes.
• Add celery and cook until crisp-tender, about 6 minutes.
• Season with red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper.

HOMEMADE CELERY SPICE

Steps:

• Harvest all the leaves from 1 whole celery (no need to chop).
• Bake on a cookie sheet, sprayed with non-stick spray, in the middle of the oven at 200C for 5 minutes.
• Turn off the oven and leave in the oven while cooling.
• Allow to dry out for a day.
• When bone-dry, place in a plastic bag and crush.
• Use to flavour soups, stews , etc - even salads.

SPICY FRIED CELERY

Steps:

• Cut the celery sticks into 4cm lengths, then finely shred these vertically.
• Slice the chilli thinly.
• Heat the oil in a fry pan, and add the celery, chilli and sugar.
• Stir-fry over a moderate heat for 1 minute, then add the soy sauce and continue stir frying for a further minute or two and until all the liquid has evaporated.
• To keep the celery crisp, evaporate the liquid quickly.

HOMEMADE CELERY SALT

Steps:

• Sift the two spices together in a bowl, then run through a food processor, mini food chopper, or spice grinder.
• Seal in an airtight container or spice jar.