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Cantonese Chop Suey

Here's how you make Cantonese Chop Suey
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  • Servings: 5
  • Prep: 25m
  • Cook: 15m
  • The following recipe serves 5 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 2 cups cooked chopped chicken (or cooked roast pork, cooked roast beef, cooked roast turkey, cooked shrimp, surimi-fake crab, scallops, or fried tofu cubes)
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh ginger
  • 3 cups shredded Chinese cabbage (or bok choy)
  • 2 cups fresh bean sprouts
  • 1 cup sliced bamboo shoots
  • 1 cup julienned carrots (matchstick carrots)
  • 2 celery ribs (sliced at an angle)
  • 1 medium yellow onion (halved and then cut into thin slivers)
  • 4 scallions, sliced
  • Sliced mushrooms, chopped red bell pepper, snow pea pods (optional)
  • SAUCE
  • 2 cups chicken broth (or beef broth, or turkey broth, or pork broth, or seafood broth or vegetable broth)
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 1 teaspoon granulated sugar (or Splenda)
  • Salt and pepper
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Mix sauce ingredients and keep nearby.

  • Step 2: In a large deep skillet or wok, stir-fry the carrots, celery and onion in oil until they begin to brown.

  • Step 3: Add the cabbage and ginger and stir-fry until the leafy part of the cabbage wilts a bit.

  • Step 4: Add the chicken/protein, bean sprouts, bamboo shoots, and scallions and cook until the bean sprouts just begin to soften.

  • Step 5: Re-stir the sauce and pour into wok, stir for a few minutes until it boils and thickens.


Tips & Variations

Don't forget the following tips and variations.
  • Cooked white or brown rice- whatever you have or like, cooked noodles, or crispy chow mein noodles.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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