Serves: 6
Total Calories: 4

6 stalks celery
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon vinegar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon sugar
few drops sesame oil

1. Remove leaves, tough ends and stringy portions of celery stalks then cut in 1-inch sections. (If stalks are wide, cut lengthwise in half first.) Blanch to soften slightly. Place in a bowl.

2. Combine soy sauce, vinegar, salt, sugar and sesame oil. Add to celery and toss.

3. Refrigerate, covered, only to chill (about 20 minutes).

NOTE: If the celery is young and tender, blanching isn't necessary.

VARIATIONS:
* Before step 2, add any of the following to the celery:
ABALONE: 1/2 cup canned, either slivered or cut in strips. Omit the vinegar double the soy sauce.
CHICKEN: 1 cup cooked, either slivered or cut in strips. Omit the vinegar.
SHRIMP: 1/4 cup, cooked and minced. Omit the sugar.
WALNUTS: 1/2 cup, shelled and blanched.

The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 6
Total Calories: 4
Calories from Fat: 0

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