Chinese celery w/ Tofu
Chinese celery w/ Tofu

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, chinese celery w/ tofu. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

If Chinese celery is available I use that instead of regular celery. Also, if I am serving this to non-Asians I usually stir fry with chicken breast instead of pork and shrimp. If I am trying to avoid rice I add more tofu to this dish.

Chinese celery w/ Tofu is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Chinese celery w/ Tofu is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have chinese celery w/ tofu using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Chinese celery w/ Tofu:
  1. Make ready .5 lb pork butt; cut into.5” chunks
  2. Take 1/4 c shrimp
  3. Get 1 tbsp cornstarch
  4. Prepare 2 stalks Chinese celery; stalks cut into 1” pieces, leaves set aside
  5. Take Tofu; lightly fried
  6. Make ready .5 onion, cut into chunks
  7. Make ready 2 Roma tomatoes; cut into chunks
  8. Take 2 tbsp garlic; chopped
  9. Prepare 1 tbsp black bean sauce
  10. Take 2 tsp oyster sauce
  11. Prepare 1/4 c chicken broth

The Kinchay (Chinese celery) has a pronounced fragrance and flavor that complements the tofu so well. Compared to a regular celery Kinchay or Chinese celery is smaller with thin stalks. The whole kinchay can be chopped and added to the dish but I prefer just to use the leaves. Season with Shaoxing wine, salt and MSG and serve.

Instructions to make Chinese celery w/ Tofu:
  1. Coat the pork with soy sauce and cornstarch. Sauté in a pan with 3tbsp oil until cooked through.
  2. Separate the Chinese celery stalks from the leaves.
  3. Sauté your onion for a minute then add your garlic. Then the tomatoes.
  4. Grandma added this salted soy bean paste in. You can sub with black bean sauce; I think they’re the same. Add in your shrimp and the oyster sauce.
  5. Continue to sauté until the tomatoes are soft. Then stir in the celery stalks.
  6. Last but not least, the celery leaves. Add the chicken broth as needed to keep the moisture. Turn off the heat and set aside.
  7. Here’s grandpa frying up the tofu.
  8. And you’re done! Enjoy!

If Shaoxing wine is unavailable, use dry sherry. If Chinese celery is unavailable, use ordinary celery. Bring a large pot of water to the boil with a little salt and oil. Heat the oil in a wok over high heat. Add the spring onion and ginger and stir fry until fragrant.

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