Shrimp & Celery Stir-fry

This is a simple, homely Chinese stir-fry of shrimp & celery. It is light and fresh tasting. As both the main ingredients namely shrimps (prawns) and celery cook fast, the cooking time on the stove is only about 5 minutes.

See Also:

• Roasted Cajun Shrimp Salad Recipe
• Claypot Glass Noodles&  Prawns Recipe
• More Easy Shrimps (Prawns) Recipes

This simple stir-fry goes well as a side dish served with steamed rice.

Just stir fry celery and shrimps with garlic, ginger, garlic salt (pictured above) & Chinese wine. If you don’t have garlic salt, use any favourite seasonings (such as salt, fish sauce, seasoning sauce, mushroom powder or light soy sauce).

Straight from the wok.

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Shrimp & Celery Stir-fry Recipe

Removing the outer skin of the celery with a vegetable peeler gets rid of the woody fibrous texture but this step is optional.

If you don’t have garlic salt, use any favourite seasonings (such as salt, fish sauce, seasoning sauce, mushroom powder or light soy sauce).

Serves: 2-3

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients:

• 10 medium shrimps (prawns) shells & veins removed, tail-on
• 3 celery stalks outer skin removed with veg peeler, sliced diagonally & thinly
• 1 tbsp cooking oil
• 3 thin slices ginger minced
• 4 garlic cloves minced
• 1/8 tsp garlic salt (or any favourite seasonings)
• 1 tbsp Chinese wine (Hua Tiao/ShaoXing)

Directions:

1. Prep shrimps & celery according to the instructions at ingredients list.
2. Cook aromatics and celery. Heat oil in a wokpan. Add ginger and garlic. Stir fry briefly until aromatic. Add celery and stir fry for about a minute.
3. Add shrimps and garlic salt. Stir fry until the shrimps are cooked. Drizzle Chinese wine along the hot walls of the wokpan during the last 15 seconds of cooking.

Ingredients Used: celery • garlic • garlic salt • ginger • prawn • shrimp