Stir-fried dishes are always very popular and commonly appear in family meals due to their nutritional value as well as their deliciousness. Today, the specialized page Into the Kitchen of TasteVN will guide you on how to make 2 stir-fried dishes with clams, which are stir-fried clams with water spinach and stir-fried clams with celery. Let’s get cooking right away!
1. Stir-fried clams with water spinach
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Preparation
35 minutes
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Cooking
10 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Stir-fried clams with water spinach For 3 people
Clams 800 gr Water spinach 300 gr Chili 4 pieces Garlic 3 cloves Oyster sauce 2 teaspoons Cooking oil 2 tablespoons Common spices a little (salt/ sugar/ seasoning/ monosodium glutamate/ pepper)
How to choose fresh and delicious water spinach
- Preferably choose bunches of water spinach with stems that are only as thick as a chopstick, avoid choosing those with unusually large stems. The tips should be small and look a bit firm.
- It is advisable to eat water spinach in season; in summer, from April to June, water spinach is the best.
- Avoid choosing water spinach that looks too green and lush; when breaking the stem, it should be very crunchy and the leaves should be dark green.
How to cook Stir-fried Chem Chep with Water Spinach
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Prepare the ingredients
Pick out the wilted, yellowed, and old stems from the water spinach you bought. Then wash it thoroughly and cut it into sections.
Scrub the shells clean, soak the chem chep in water, and add 4 crushed chili peppers. After soaking for 30 minutes, rinse them thoroughly and let them drain.
Peel the garlic, wash it clean, and mince it finely.
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Blanch the chem chep and water spinach
Place a pan of boiling water on the stove and add the chem chep to blanch. When you see the chem chep open its mouth, you can take it out.
Remove the meat and discard the shells. Then rinse the chem chep meat briefly with water.
Put a pot of water on the stove and add 1/2 tablespoon of salt and 1/2 tablespoon of sugar. When the water boils, add the water spinach and blanch over high heat for about 2 minutes, then remove and let drain.
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Stir-fried clams with water spinach
Place a pan on the stove, add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil and sauté the garlic until fragrant. When the garlic is aromatic, add the water spinach and stir-fry on high heat.
Add 1/2 teaspoon of sugar, 1 tablespoon of seasoning, 1/2 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, 2 teaspoons of oyster sauce, and 20ml of water. Stir well to let the seasonings soak into the vegetables.
After stir-frying for 1 minute, add the clams and continue to stir-fry for another 2 – 3 minutes, adjusting the seasoning to taste, and it’s done.
Serve the dish on a plate, sprinkle a bit of ground pepper on top, and you have a delicious and attractive plate of stir-fried clams with water spinach.
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Final product
Stir-fried clams with water spinach is a rustic, easy dish, but the sweet taste of the clams combined with the crunchy water spinach will bring your family an enjoyable experience when tasting it. Wish you success with this dish.
2. Stir-fried clams with celery
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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
10 minutes
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Difficulty level
Easy
Ingredients for Stir-fried Chem Chep with Celery Serves 4
Chem chep 500 gr Celery 500 gr Spring onions 3 stalks Garlic 3 cloves Cooking oil 2 tablespoons Common seasonings a little (salt/ seasoning powder/ monosodium glutamate/ pepper)
How to Choose Fresh Celery
- Choose celery stalks that are round and thick. The roots should be few, the stalks long and not bruised or damaged.
- Fresh celery will have a bright and naturally green color; when you press it lightly with your hand, it should feel crisp.
- Avoid buying celery that is darkened, with wilted leaves and many roots, as it has been stored for a long time, and using it will affect the quality of the dish.
How to Prepare Stir-fried Chem Chep with Celery
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Prepare and Separate the Meat from Chem Chep
Soak the chem chep in water overnight to clean out any dirt.
Boil a pot of water, add 1/2 teaspoon of salt, and put in the chem chep. When you see the chem chep open its shell, remove it, let it cool, and proceed to separate the shell, taking out the meat and discarding the shell.
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Prepare other ingredients
Pick the damaged leaves from the celery, wash it thoroughly, and cut it into pieces about 1 finger length for easy eating.
Remove the roots from the green onions, wash them clean. Chop the green onion bulbs finely and cut the green parts into pieces.
For garlic, peel it, wash it clean, and mince it finely.
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Stir-fry chem chép with celery
Place a pan on the stove, add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil, and sauté the garlic and green onion until fragrant.
When the garlic and green onion are aromatic, add the chem chép, seasoning with 1 tablespoon of MSG, 1 tablespoon of seasoning powder, and 1 teaspoon of salt.
Stir-fry for 2 minutes, then add the celery and stir-fry on high heat for another 3 minutes until the ingredients are cooked, then season to taste and turn off the heat.
Plate the dish, sprinkle a little ground pepper on top, and you have an incredibly delicious plate of stir-fried chem chép with celery ready to enjoy.
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Finished Product
Stir-fried clams with celery, once completed, exudes a fragrant aroma from ground pepper, combining the characteristic sweetness of clams with the refreshing taste that celery brings.
It will surely make your whole family praise it. Show off your cooking skills right away!
How to choose fresh and delicious clams
- When selecting clams, choose those with hard shells that are tightly closed. Try to gently pry them open with your hands; if they can be easily opened, it means the clams are dead and should not be purchased.
- Alternatively, you can touch the clams with your hands; if they move, they are still alive.
- Avoid purchasing clams that are already open, have a pale color, and emit a foul odor.
How to clean clams of sand
- You can soak the clams in a bowl of cold water with a few ice cubes, which will help them release sand more quickly.
- You can soak the clams for 30 minutes in water with crushed chili peppers.
- Additionally, soaking clams in a basin of saltwater and crushed ginger or rice water will also help them release sand and impurities quickly.
Hopefully, with 2 ways to stir-fry clams with vegetables that TasteVN introduces to you today, you can enjoy a dish that is both rustic and delicious. What are you waiting for? Let’s get cooking! Wish you success!
*Refer to the recipe and images from the YouTube channel Let’s Cook Together and Sun and Wind of the West
