Braised celery recipes

This Braised Celery recipe has just 5 ingredients, including salt and pepper; turning an underused vegetable into a delicious savory side.

Sautéed and braised, this celery side dish is full of flavor and texture. Tender and crunchy, it's so quick and easy to make.

I love to keep a bowl of celery sticks in the fridge; they make a great healthy snack and pair well with everything from ranch dip to peanut butter and raisins. My sons will always reach for a ready-made snack, even if it is as healthy as celery. But occasionally I don’t get around to slicing it, and it creeps to the bottom of the vegetable drawer, lost under a pile of greens and other produce. By the time we find it, the celery is limp and unappealing.

Celery is braised in a mild chicken broth. A simple but flavorful side dish I often serve with spicier grilled or roasted meats.

Warm Braised Celery with Carrot. We have elevated celery to a delectable vegetarian side dish spiced with turmeric, pepper, and cumin with a touch of tangy lemon.

It is rare to enjoy celery on its own merits. It is so often the base but rarely the star. Gently baked in winey, buttery stock it makes a wonderful side to fish, pork or lamb. You can extend it into a gratin by stirring in some cream or passata, covering with tangy hard cheese and breadcrumbs, and baking for another 20 minutes until golden and bubbling. Any leftovers can be lengthened into a celery soup by adding some stock and a diced potato. Cook until the potato is tender and the blend…

If you have never tried butter-braised celery to accompany so many warm winter dishes, from roasted chicken with tarragon sauce, to a simple mushroom omelet, poached sausages or salmon, or even the warm pasta dish, you're in for a treat. This ordinary vegetable reaches new highs with this meltingly soft and tender treatment of blanching and braising with herbs: here, I've used tarragon, but you can subsitute with fresh rosemary, if you're one of those people who loathe tarragon. Please allow…

I've always loved celery-there’s something wonderful about its crisp, fresh flavor, especially when it’s smeared with peanut butter. But it wasn't until recently that I tried cooked celery and I was surprised at how delicious it was. Simple, earthy and still crisp, this recipe accentuates everything that is fantastic about this vegetable.

A great side dish to accompany, well . . . anything Never tasted Braised Celery? Well, you’re in for a treat. Because braising makes ...