Celery Sunomono Recipe

Celery is not really an ingredient for Japanese cuisine.  It has a strong flavor and may not be able to be used in all Japanese dishes; however, that doesn’t mean we can’t use it at all.

I made Celery into Sunomono Salad, and it tastes great.  Refreshing celery and sweet vinegar go very well together.  A little bit of sesame oil enhances the flavor as a whole.

If you want to know how to make Sunomono in detail, please watch our Sunomono (Cucumber Salad) Video.

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Celery Sunomono Recipe

Sliced celery salad with rice vinegar dressing

Prep Time5 minutes mins

Chilling time30 minutes mins

Total Time35 minutes mins

Course: Appetizer, Salad, Side Dish

Cuisine: Japanese

Keyword: celery, sunomono

Servings: 4 small servings

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Ingredients

• 4-5 stalks celery
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 dried red chili pepper
• 2 Tbsp rice vinegar
• 1 Tbsp sugar
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1-2 tsp sesame seeds

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Instructions

• Remove strings and slice celery as thin as you can, and sprinkle with 1/4 tsp salt. Let it sit for 5 minutes.
• Cut the end of chili pepper, remove seeds out, and slice thinly.
• In a bowl, whisk rice vinegar, sugar, and salt together until the sugar dissolves. Squeeze water out from celery, and add to the vinegar mixture. Then add sesame seeds and chili. Chill for 30 minutes.

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