Prepare ingredients: celery, eggs, 2 carrots, half a root, appropriate amount of garlic and dried chili peppers
1. Wash the celery you bought, remove the leaves, cut it into diagonal sections, and cut the carrots into half Wash the roots and cut them into small rhombus-shaped slices. Add an appropriate amount of water to the pot and a spoonful of edible salt. After the water boils, blanch the chopped celery and carrot slices in the pot for 30 seconds, then remove them and quickly cool them in boiling water. , don’t throw away the celery leaves you picked. The nutritional content of celery leaves is much higher than that of celery stems. It is very refreshing and delicious when served cold!
2. Cut the garlic into slices and cut the dried chili into sections for later use.
3. Crack 2 eggs into a bowl and beat them up, then add oil to the pot, pour in the beaten egg liquid, fry the eggs into small pieces and set aside.
4. Add appropriate amount of oil to another pot. When the oil temperature is 60% hot, add garlic slices and dried chili segments. Saute until fragrant, then add celery and carrots, stir-fry over high heat for 30 seconds and then put Add the scrambled eggs, white pepper, light soy sauce, and salt, turn to medium heat and stir-fry for 10 seconds, then turn off the heat and serve.
A crispy and tender fried celery is ready. When frying celery, do not stir-fry it directly. Add the extra step of blanching. The celery will not change color and will be crispy, tender and delicious! When stir-frying celery in restaurants, it must be blanched before being stir-fried. Blanching can shorten the cooking time of celery in the pot and reduce the loss of water, making the celery crispy, tender and non-sticky after being fried. Adding salt to the water can remove the alkaloids in celery, making the fried celery sweet and not bitter or astringent. Note: Blanch the side dishes carrots and celery together to achieve the mature consistency of the ingredients. The blanched celery should be immediately immersed in cool boiling water. Cool boiling water can make the celery crispier!
The frying process of celery must also be timed accurately. Some friends are afraid that it will not be cooked enough, so they will stir-fry in the pot for a long time. Some friends even cover the pot with a lid for a while before frying. , this is wrong. When frying celery, you must stir-fry it over high heat and quickly. The blanched celery is already about seven or eight years old, so don’t fry it for too long, because over time, the water and nutrients in the celery will be reduced. It will be lost into the soup, and the celery will not taste delicious or crispy.
Some friends noticed that I didn’t add too many seasonings when I fried celery. I only added white pepper, salt and light soy sauce. Yes, when frying green leafy vegetables like celery, the best It is best not to add too many seasonings. If you add too many seasonings, you will not be able to taste the fresh taste of the vegetables themselves.