Again at first of time, once I was putting in a pc system in a Chinese language Restaurant, one of many gadgets on the menu was Sub Gum Chow Mein.
I knew it was a Chinese language American dish, reasonably than a Chinese language dish, and it seemed to be no matter form of meat or seafood was chosen with copious quantities of celery.
Regardless of the origins, I beloved it.
And when I discovered myself with a big bunch of celery within the fridge with no plans, visions of a plate of Sub Gum got here to thoughts.
And I didn’t use fairly as a lot celery because the restaurant did – wanted to get the opposite veggies in.
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Stir Fried Pork & Celery
Because the celery is a key characteristic of this dish, slice it, reasonably than choped.
- Prep Time: quarter-hour
- Prepare dinner Time: 25 minutes
- Whole Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 2 servings 1x
- Class: One Dish Dinners
- Methodology: Skillet
- 12oz (360gr) pork tenderloin, lower into small items
- 1 onion, lower in half, then thinly sliced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tbs ginger, minced
- 2 ribs celery, sliced
- 2 carrot, julienned
- 4oz (120gr) mushrooms, trimmed, sliced
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1 tsp soy sauce
- 1/2 cup (4oz, 120ml) rooster broth
- 1 tbs sherry (elective)
- 1 tbs cornstarch (Maizena) dissolved in 1 tbs soy sauce plus 1 tbs water
- Basmati Rice
- 1/2 cup (3.5oz, 95gr) Basmati rice
- 1 cup (8oz, 240ml) rooster broth
- Warmth olive oil in massive skillet over medium-high warmth.
- Add onion, mushrooms, to skillet and stir-fry for two minutes.
- Add garlic, ginger and stir-fry one other 2 minutes.
- Take away onions/garlic from pan and put aside.
- Add sesame oil, soy sauce to pan and warmth.
- Add pork and stir-fry 3 – 5 minutes, till golden.
- Take away and put with onions.
- Add carrots, celery, to skillet and stir-fry 5 minutes.
- Return pork, onions, mushrooms, garlic and ginger to pan.
- Add rooster broth, sherry and produce to a boil.
- Cowl, scale back warmth and simmer for five minutes.
- Stir in cornstarch combination till thickened.
- Serve over rice, including extra soy sauce if desired, in line with style.
- Basmati Rice
- Prepare dinner rice in line with bundle directions. Fluff and serve.
Notes
If you happen to wrap celery in aluminum foil (go away the tops uncovered) it’ll maintain completely for a number of weeks within the fridge.
Diet
- Serving Measurement: 1/2 recipe
- Energy: 556
- Sugar: 9.8 g
- Sodium: 1005.5 mg
- Fats: 14.2 g
- Saturated Fats: 2.7 g
- Trans Fats: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 61.4 g
- Fiber: 5.4 g
- Protein: 44.2 g
- Ldl cholesterol: 114.2 mg
Key phrases: pork, stir-fry, celery

For completely completely different flavors: Stir-Fried Rooster & Pumpkin
The restaurant was in Minneapolis (MN). The town is well-know each for the freezing winters and the in depth skyway system that enables among the residents to reside and work with out ever going exterior. The entire buildings downtown are linked on the second flooring. So, even when one lived in the course of nowhere, going to work downtown was: heated storage to heated automotive to heated parking to heated skyways.
What many individuals don’t know is that, earlier than the skyways there have been tunnels connecting the buildings. Underground walkways can be a greater description as they have been spacious and well-lit.
There have been different underground areas as nicely – and certainly one of them was utilized by this Chinese language restaurant to develop their mushrooms and celery.
I obtained the grand tour.
Promoting and putting in pc programs was all the time an journey (again then).