Sautéed Celery (20-Minute Side Dish)

This sautéed celery recipe is cooked with Asian-inspired seasonings like garlic, soy sauce, and rice vinegar. It’s a quick, easy, and nutritious vegetable side dish – packed with flavour and crunch!

Ingredients

Method

1. Wash celery stalks + remove any hard or browned ends. Take one stalk and lie it face down on a cutting board. With a chef’s knife, cut the celery diagonal along the stalk in roughly 1/2 cm pieces. Repeat until all stalks are cut. You can even cut up the leaves and add them in for a no-waste option!
2. Mince garlic and roughly chop parsley. Set aside.
3. Heat olive oil in a large pan over medium-high. When hot, add the minced garlic and cook for a couple minutes, stirring frequently.
4. Then, add chopped celery to the pan along with soy sauce/tamari, rice vinegar, and black pepper. Cook for approximately 8 minutes, stirring every 30-or-so seconds. Celery should be tender, but still have a good crunch to it!
5. Turn off the heat and stir in the chopped parsley. Taste and adjust seasonings as desired (you may need a touch more if you have an extra large bunch of celery!) and serve hot.

Note: soy sauce/tamari is a source of sodium, so you may not need to add extra salt to this. Taste and add more salt (or tamari) if necessary and desired!