Pork and Celery Stir-Fry

This is a well-flavored Chinese stir fry, which is quick and easy to make. Pork is stir-fried with celery, chiles, garlic, and ginger. Enjoy alongside rice.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 7 mins
• Total Time: 27 mins
• Calories: 512 Calories

Ingredients

• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¼ cup vegetable oil
• ¼ teaspoon ground white pepper
• ¼ teaspoon monosodium glutamate (MSG)
• 1 ½ teaspoons soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons rice wine
• 9 ounces skinless pork belly, thinly sliced
• 1 small hot chile pepper, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced, or more to taste
• 1 (1 inch) piece fresh ginger, peeled and thinly sliced
• 5 ounces Chinese celery, leaves discarded and celery chopped into 1-inch pieces

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Heat oil in a skillet over high heat; cook and stir pork slices until lightly browned, about 3 minutes. Add chile pepper, garlic, and ginger; cook and stir until fragrant, about 2 minutes.

Step 2

Stir celery, rice wine, soy sauce, salt, white pepper, and MSG into pork mixture; cook and stir until heated through, about 2 minutes.