Chop Suey Recipe 45

PORK CHOP SUEY

Steps:

• If you have a pressure cooker, it does wonders in tenderizing the pork.
• Cut pork into 1/2 inch cubes.
• Slice celery thin on diagonal.
• Slice onion into long slivers.
• Slice mushrooms into small hunks.
• Open cans of broth and bean sprouts.
• Mix corn starch into water.
• Heat oil in deep pan (pressure cooker or dutch oven), add butter and heat until it begins to bubble.
• Add pork cubes; don't stir for approximately 2 minutes to permit the pork to brown.
• Stir and add onion, celery, then mushrooms.
• Sprinkle in white pepper.
• Let cook over medium heat, stirring often, until celery and onion slivers are tender.
• Add chicken broth, soy sauce and bean sprouts.
• Now add the molassas, and stir.
• Taste for proper balance of sweet and salt flavor, adding more soy sauce or more molassas to balance flavor.
• Cover pot and simmer for at least an hour.
• If using pressure cooker, bring up to slow rocking pressure, and cook for 10 minutes.
• Let cool on its own, then remove cover and let simmer slowly for about 20 minutes.
• When pork is totally tender, and you have the proper sweet/salt flavor, mix corn starch into water and add to pot.
• Bring up heat just to the boil while stirring.
• Lower heat and let "cook" for about 15 minutes.
• Serve over long grain rice: 1 cup rice, 2 cups water, pinch of salt; bring to boil then cover and set on lowest heat setting for 25 minutes.
• I've made this chop suey for the past 45 years (yes, I'm an"older gal":).
• The chop suey freezes well.
• Enjoy!

CHOP SUEY

Steps:

• Heat shortening in a large, deep skillet. Sear pork until it turns white, then add onion and saute for 5 minutes. Add celery, hot water, salt and pepper. Cover skillet and simmer for 5 minutes. Add sprouts and heat to boiling.
• In a small bowl combine the cold water, cornstarch, soy sauce and sugar. Mix together and add to skillet mixture. Cook for 5 minutes, or until thickened to taste.

CHICKEN CHOP SUEY

Steps:

• Heat 1/2 teaspoon oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add chicken; cook until golden on the outside and no longer pink in the center, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from skillet.
• Heat remaining 1/2 teaspoon oil in the skillet. Add green bell pepper, onion, celery, and carrot.
• Mix boiling water, soy sauce, bouillon cube, salt, and sugar together in a bowl; add to the bell pepper mixture. Bring to a simmer; cook until carrots are tender, about 7 minutes. Add bok choy and bean sprouts. Cook until bok choy is tender, about 5 minutes.
• Return chicken to the skillet. Mix 2 teaspoons water and cornstarch together in a bowl; pour into pan and mix. Simmer until broth thickens, 3 to 5 minutes.

CHOP SUEY

Steps:

• Stir together garlic cloves, 1 tablespoon oyster sauce, soy sauce, salt, and 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch in a bowl. Stir in pork and marinate 15 minutes.
• Keep cut vegetables separate. Heat a wok over high heat until a bead of water dropped onto cooking surface evaporates immediately. Drizzle 1 teaspoon vegetable oil around side of wok, then stir-fry celery, seasoning with salt, until crisp-tender, about 2 minutes. Transfer celery to a large bowl. Reheat wok and stir-fry each remaining vegetable separately in same manner (but allow only 1 minute for bean sprouts), adding 1 teaspoon oil to wok before each batch and seasoning with salt. When stir-frying bok choy, begin with ribs, then add leaves and 1 tablespoon water after 1 minute. Transfer each vegetable as cooked to bowl with celery.
• Stir together chicken broth, 1 teaspoon oyster sauce, and 1 teaspoon cornstarch.
• Reheat wok over high heat until a bead of water evaporates immediately. Drizzle 1 tablespoon vegetable oil around side of wok, then stir-fry pork until just cooked through, about 2 minutes.
• Return all vegetables to wok and toss. Make a well in center, then stir broth mixture and add to well. Bring sauce to a boil, undisturbed, then stir to combine with pork and vegetables. Serve immediately, with cooked rice.

CHOP SUEY

Steps:

• In a skillet, brown beef; drain. Dissolve bouillon in 1-1/2 cups boiling water; add to skillet. , Combine remaining water with cornstarch; stir into beef mixture. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer until thickened. Add vegetables and soy sauce; stir and cook until heated through, about 15 minutes. , Serve over rice; sprinkle with chow mein noodles.

CHOP SUEY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
• In a large bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, baking soda and cinnamon. Add the eggs, pineapple and nuts, mix until well blended. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 45 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. In a small bowl, stir together the confectioners sugar and milk until smooth, spread over cooled cake.

PORK CHOP SUEY

Steps:

• Trim fat from pork, cut into 1 inch pieces. Combine flour and pork in a resealable bag, seal and shake well.
• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add pork, cook 3 minutes or until browned. Remove from pan and keep warm.
• Heat remaining tablespoon oil in pan. Add bok choy, celery, red pepper, mushrooms, water chestnuts and garlic; stir fry for 3 minutes. In a bowl combine chicken broth, soy sauce, cornstarch, sherry and ginger. Stir well with a whisk. Combine pork and broth mixture in skillet, cook 1 minute or until thick.

CHOP SUEY (VEGAN)

Steps:

• Whisk together soy sauce and corn starch in a bowl until smooth. Add Chinese cooking wine, vegetable stock, and hoisin sauce. Whisk together until combined.
• Wash and dry the bok choy. Separate the stems and the leaves, and chop into 3 inch pieces. Use the tops of the leaves. Peel the carrot and slice into small pieces. Chop the onion into thin slices.
• In a large wok or large skillet over medium-high heat, add 2 tbsp of vegetable stock or water. You can also use sesame oil if you prefer. Add the garlic and onion. Cook for 1-2 minutes or until onions are translucent. Add carrots, and mushrooms. Cook for about more 5 minutes.
• Add the bok choy, bean sprouts and sauce. Stir fry for about 5 minutes. Then add the cubed tofu. Cook for an additional minute or two, or until tofu is heated and warmed through.
• Serve over brown rice.

BAKED CHOP SUEY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef and onion in the hot skillet until beef is browned and crumbly and onion is translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard grease and remove from the heat.
• Add celery, condensed soups, water, mushrooms, rice, soy sauce, salt, and pepper; mix to combine. Transfer to a 9x13-inch casserole dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 1 1/2 hours. Top with chow mein noodles and bake for 10 more minutes.