Celery Recipes
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Quick & EasySautéed Bok Choy and Celery with Ginger
If you have left over celery and bok choy, why not throw the celery in?
Stephen WayneIngredients
- Bok Choy
- Celery
- Olive Oil
- Minced Ginger
Instructions
- 1Plate and eat - Bon Appetit
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Open in Pepper →Why Celery Is More Than a Garnish
Celery is one of the most underestimated vegetables in the kitchen. Raw, it delivers a cooling crunch and clean, slightly herbal flavor. Cooked, it becomes silky and sweet, adding a background savoriness to soups, braises, and sauces that you'd immediately notice if it were missing.
Celery leaves are often discarded but are intensely flavored — use them like parsley in salads, stir-fries, and garnishes. The inner stalks and hearts are more tender and sweeter than the outer ones.
On Pepper, home cooks return to these recipes for innovative and delicious ways to feature celery, from classic Waldorf salad to silky celery root soups.
Quick Tips
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Use the leaves as herbs
Celery leaves have a concentrated, slightly bitter herbal flavor. Chop them and use like parsley — on salads, in soups, or as a garnish where you want something fresh but more savory.
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Inner stalks taste better raw
The pale, tender inner stalks (the heart) are sweeter and less fibrous than the outer ones. Save the outer stalks for cooking and the inner ones for raw preparations and snacking.
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Slow-cook for silky texture
Celery braised or simmered for 20+ minutes becomes silky and mild, completely unlike raw celery. It's excellent as a side dish with butter and thyme, or blended into a smooth soup.
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Store upright in water
Keep cut celery stalks standing upright in a glass of water in the fridge. They'll stay crisp for a week — much longer than wrapped in plastic, which speeds up wilting.
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