Cold Spicy Celery
A refreshing and spicy Asian-inspired celery salad featuring crisp celery ribs tossed with Korean chile flakes, peanut oil, and sansho pepper. Perfect as a cold appetizer or side dish.
4 servings
1 hr 5 min
Ingredients
- •2 bunches celery
- •2 teaspoons kosher salt
- •1½ teaspoons lemon juice
- •½ teaspoon Korean chile flakes
- •1 tablespoon peanut oil
- •⅛ teaspoon Sansho pepper
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Remove darker green ribs from outside of celery bunches and reserve for another use. Slice inner pale green ribs (about 16 to 18, including tiny center ones) diagonally 1/2 inch thick (aim for about 7 cups). Toss with kosher salt and let drain in a colander set over a bowl, chilled, at least 1 hour.
60 min
- 2.
Just before serving, pat celery dry and toss with lemon juice, chile flakes, and 1/8 teaspoon black pepper. Drizzle with peanut oil and season with salt and sansho pepper. Serve chilled, lightly sprinkled with sansho pepper.
5 min