Celery is an excellent supporting character. It’s easy to find, cheap to buy, and always reliable. But giving it a chance to shine can be hard. This quick little side dish changes that, putting the celery at the front and shoving the cabbage into the background. <br />It’s spicy and salty and has all the great flavors of a spring roll without the wrapper. I love this over rice with a little grilled chicken or tofu—with mellower foods, the celery and cabbage become almost a condiment. This is also a great filling for Scallion Crepes. <br />It uses two kinds of sesame oil: Asian sesame oil and spicy sesame oil, which is often available in a small bottle from specialty stores. If you can’t find the spicy oil, just omit it and add a pinch of crushed red pepper flakes to the dish instead. <br /> <br />Reprinted from Eating from the Ground Up. Copyright © 2018 by Alana Chernila. Photographs copyright © 2017 by Johnny Autry. Published by Clarkson Potter/Publishers, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC.

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