Chinese celery w/ Tofu
So Mom doesn’t eat chicken. She will usually eat a quick stir fry instead. Here’s one of them! Made by Grandma Nelia and her sidekick Grandpa Jo!
Chinese celery w/ Tofu
So Mom doesn’t eat chicken. She will usually eat a quick stir fry instead. Here’s one of them! Made by Grandma Nelia and her sidekick Grandpa Jo!
Cooking Instructions
- 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!
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