Fragrant Celery and Tofu Salad (芹菜拌香干)

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This may sound boring to some of you, but the moment I saw this salad over at teczcape, I knew I wanted to eat it!

The bonus, it's dead simple to make.


left: Chinese celery; right: celery

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I started by blanching celery and Chinese celery. I cooked them to still retain their "crunch".

I used marinated tofu because we had it on hand, but I'm sure regular firm or extra firm tofu would do fine. Then, everything got chopped up!



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The only seasonings for this salad are sesame oil, then salt and white pepper. That is it! Of course, feel free to adjust each component to your taste.



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The result is so fragrant and flavorful, you could hardly believe it was that simple.

Also, I did not realize that this is a "standard" Chinese dish! Of what origin, I don't know. Also, I think this dish is usually served with thin slices of celery and tofu instead of finely chopped ingredients. I'll have to try that the next time.

For the recipe, visit teczscape - an escape to Food.
Celery and Fragrant Tofu Salad, 芹菜拌香干

For pictures of other versions of Celery and Tofu Salad, click on the following links:
http://www.healtheat.cn/html/95/n-2695.html
http://www.meishichina.com/Eat/LMenu/200909/68310.html
http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4b6ba8040100dfv2.html?tj=1

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