Bacon and Celery Salad

Again another dish I made before I left for Winter Retreat during a random occasion when John and Ham came over to share dinner. They had this half bunch of celery that was sitting in their fridge for some time and had no idea how to cook it. Well, luckily they came over...

Ingredients:

1/2 bunch celery

1/2 red onion

3 strips bacon (sliced thinly, or diced)

3 cloves garlic (fine chopped)

4 petals Chinese Shitake Mushroom (sliced thinly, or diced)

1/2 tbsp lemon juice

1/2 tbsp dried basil

1 tbsp crush dried chili

1 tbsp oregano

1 tbsp black pepper powder

1 tbsp sea salt

1 tbsp brown sugar

2 tbsp olive oil

Method:

1. Rinse and chop the celery according to own preference of size and shape. Sprinkle with sea salt, mix well, leave aside.

2. Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celcius. In a bowl, mix bacon, onion, garlic, mushroom, sugar, lemon juice, basil, oregano and 1 tbsp of olive oil. Place in oven and bake for 20-30 minutes or until the bacon turns brown, take out and mix once in between.

3. Place celery on a plate, top with the bacon and mushroom mix, sprinkle over with crush dried chili and 1 tbsp of olive oil. Done, serve hot or cold.