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Makes
1 tray of buffalo celery
Author Notes
As soon as I saw this contest - I couldn't stop thinking about poor old celery sitting on the side of a plate with buffalo wings. It just kept coming back to me; probably because the flavors work so well together. I though - why not treat the celery as the start of the buffalo show? Like a fritto misto (which I love) and I thought this solves the age old dilemma of having vegetarians left out of wing night! Amazing - this is delicious and my playful attempt at remaking a classic The key to this is having nice thick pieces of celery - no hearts here or they'll get overcooked - and you MUST be careful to remove all of the stringy pieces from your pieces of celery. Serve this dish immediately - no one likes soggy fried veggies! For the sauce - I amped up the celery flavor with leaves, seeds, and celery salt. —meganvt01
Ingredients
- Blue cheese dip
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1/3 cup
greek yogurt
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1/3 cup
crumbled blue cheese
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1 tablespoon
softened cream cheese
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1 teaspoon
milk
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1 tablespoon
scallions, minced
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1 tablespoon
celery leaves, minced
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1/2 teaspoon
worcestershire sauce
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1/2 teaspoon
lemon juice
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1/4 teaspoon
celery seed
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1/4 teaspoon
celery salt
- Buffalo celery
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12
thick stalks celery, cut into 2 inch long pieces and very carefully trimmed of stringy pieces
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1/2 cup
all purpose flour
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1 teaspoon
cayanne
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1 teaspoon
salt
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2
eggs
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1 teaspoon
tabasco (or another hot sauce)
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Your favorite buffalo wing sauce - I like Texas Pete
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peanut oil, for frying
Directions
- Blue cheese dip
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Combine all the ingredients - season with salt and pepper.
- Buffalo celery
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Combine the flour, cayenne, and salt in one shallow bowl.
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Combine the eggs and tabasco in another shallow bowl.
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Heat your oil in a deep pot over medium high heat - use a thermometer to maintain a temperature of 360 (a bit hot but we want these crisp on the outside without losing crunch on the inside).
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Dip the celery pieces in the egg wash, then dredge in flour.
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Fry until golden brown - about 2 minutes. Sprinkle with salt immediately after cooking.
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Serve with your favorite wing sauce on the side (or drizzled over top) and the blue cheese dip.
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