Braised Celery Strips

Name: Braised Celery Strips (Sengiri Nitsuké )
Yield: Serves 3–4.
Cuisine: Japan
Ingredients: ¼ teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon sugar; 2 teaspoons soy sauce; 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; ½ tablespoon white sesame seeds; 2–3 ounces boneless pork loin; 2 teaspoons saké (rice wine); 3 large stalks celery; ½ teaspooon ginger juice, extracted from grated fresh ginger

Sengiri Nitsuké

Preparation info

Serves
3–4
.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

At Home with Japanese Cooking

By Elizabeth Andoh

Published 1986

About

Celery is a fairly recent addition to the Japanese diet, and here it is imaginatively combined with pork, ginger and roasted sesame. Served hot or at room temperature, a small mound of braised celery strips makes a nice accompaniment to fish, chicken or egg dishes.

Ingredients

2–3 ounces boneless pork loin
½ teaspooon ginger juice, extracted from grated fresh ginger

Asia
Japan
Side dish

Method

Partially freeze the meat to make cutting easier, and slice the pork into paper-thin slices. Cut these across the grain into thin strips approximately 2 inches long. Combine the ginger juice and rice wine and toss the pork in it, letting it marinate while you cut the celery and roast the sesame seeds.<