Cashew Celery Recipe (2024)

This was delicious, and the whole family declared it so. I had to make a few mods based on what I had on hand -- leftover Sauvignon Blanc instead of rice wine for the sauce, and a can of drained chickpeas instead of tofu. Wouldn't change a thing!

Delicious weeknight meal with ingredients we always have available. The cashews and celery play well off one another. Similar to others, I pan fried the tofu first for better texture. I also doubled the sauce as the original seemed a bit skimpy and was happy I did. It is a light flavored sauce and doubling ensured that it coated everything nicely and was substantial enough to add flavor to the rice.

Excellent! Used peanuts instead of cashews, and used baby bok choy for the greens. Very quick to pull together, and tasty.

I used sliced and whole snap peas instead of celery and it was wonderful!

Excellent. Pressed the tofu then ripped it into pieces. Tossed with about 2 TB oil and 5-spice powder. Spread onto sheet pan and roasted it at 425° for about 30 minutes, stirring periodically. Gives tofu such great texture. Increased amount of celery and tripled the sauce. Soooooo good!!!

Made it just as directed...except we used dry sherry instead of rice wine because that's what we had. Delicious! Really nice combination of textures and tastes!

I didn’t measure super carefully and probably added more garlic and ginger then it called for. I also cubed the tofu and lightly fried it by itself before adding it to the final dish. I also added just a Glogau Boyster sauce. It was absolutely delicious.

I don't like celery, nor does anyone in my family. I will sub Fennel.

This sounds delicious and exactly like what I’d like for dinner tonight—but I don’t have any wine (rice or white) on hand. What do you guys think about subbing a mix of rice vinegar and mirin? Other ideas?

Delicious! Love the celery crunch and creamy cashews. We doubled the sauce and used a 14 oz package of tofu. Our family of four with two teens demolished it with no leftovers. Will always make a generous double recipe in the future.

here's a tip: cut the celery much smaller than I did or you won't be able to get more than celery on your fork lol

Great seasoning, ingredients, easy, fast. I substituted cubed chicken tenders in place of the tofu this time. Will try tofu next time and, personal preference, will cut cashews to 1/2 cu.

7/19/23Nido gave us a bunch of celerey and this recipeCame in handy. Added carrots and mushrooms and chicken. No tofu and no greens. Subbed peanuts. Turned out better than I thought.

I would add chicken with five spice powder and skip the tofu altogether.

Delish! I coated my tofu in cornstarch and air fried for texture. Didn’t have any leafy greens on me so used the farmer’s market celery leaves. Will be making again

Fantastic recipe that is more than the sum of its parts. I double the sauce and use smoked almond-sesame tofu that I bake in the oven. I will make this again and again!

Great but I used the wrong vinegar (apple cider) and it was too sour. Next time I will cut back or try to find the kind recommended.

Made a few substitutions - left over roast chicken not tofu, black sesame not white, extra scallions and no garlic. Ate it over brown rice. We thoroughly enjoyed it: great recipe when you have lots of celery!

This was fantastic. I followed other commenter's ideas and used bok choy as the greens, swapped peanuts for the cashews (that's what I had), and fried the tofu in a little peanut oil before starting the veggies. Super flavorful and satisfying over jasmine rice!

I made the recipe as is (except no rice wine, so subbed apple cider vinegar based on a google search) but wanted more flavor. Next time I think I’ll marinate the tofu first and double the sauce. I’m new to cooking with tofu but have heard that is a good tip for getting more flavor.

Nice use of celery. I air fried the tofu for crunch and I would season it more next time and cut it much smaller for just a garnish and do more than 5oz. The stir fry itself was pretty good, not amazing I feel like it needs a little more oomph but the cashews were good and good for a Friday meal

I made this exactly as written but used a different brand of rice vinegar. It tasted much too vinegary. I found some five spice tofu but it wasn’t that great. Next time, I will season and lightly fry the tofu myself to have a more enjoyable result for the tofu. Other than that, we really liked this recipe.

Made as directed except crisped tofu in air fryer (coated with cornstarch, onion, garlic powder,paprika and soy sauce) for 10 mins at 400. Tossed some chopped mushrooms into stir fry. Peppers would’ve been a nice addition. Doubled sauce. So good!

Not for me. It was pretty bland. I added extra tamari and some sriracha sauce to the plate. I picked out the celery as I ate. Yuck. Without the celery it was nutritious and edible but not enjoyable.

Doubled the sauce, next time will use 1/2 peppers and 1/2 celery. Really delicious!

Pretty good! I certainly feel like a good version of myself. And I do love an excuse to eat celery. Doubling sauce would’ve been a good idea

Loved this! It’s not enough tofu for the other ingredients though. I used an (almost) 8 oz block and halved the amount of cashews, and cut them in half before adding. Accidentally put in too much cornstarch as misread so then doubled the rest of sauce but ended up only using about half (will save to make again soon), and the flavoring and amount of sauce were great. I’d use a 15 oz block of tofu if feeding four. One of the rare NYT recipes that lives to up to claim that it’s quick and easy!

I thought this was delicious-I've ben craving vegetable forward meals, and this hits those buttons. I used white vermouth because I have idea where to find rice wine. I used baby spinach, because that's what I had on hand. I think this would be delicious with any sort of greens, and fennel instead of (or maybe in addition to) the celery. I rubbed the tofu with 5-spice powder, cut into cubes, lightly sautéed before completing the rest of the steps, added in the sautéed tofu at the end along with

This at most enough for 1 or 2. Cut cashews by half at least. Can double the sauce but don’t double soy.Took about an hour.

Nice, mild mannered stir fry one pot meal. I made it with spinach and liked that. I think it would be 4 small servings, even considering the rice. If you're not using a big wok or saucepan, maybe worth taking the celery out (rather than pushing to side) to keep it crunchy.