![]() ![]() You can, of course, add even more ingredients to the sauce to build on the flavor, but the above ingredients are enough for an easy flavorful sauce. Whatever proteins and vegetables you choose, everything is tied together with a thick gravy-like savory sauce. You can also try adding other veggies like celery, bok choy, red bell pepper, and chopped garlic cloves. I made chicken chop suey for this post including broccoli, snap peas, chicken, mushrooms, carrots, and cabbage. It is a stir fry dish that can be made with a variety of vegetables and meat or seafood and everything is tied together with a savory sauce thickened with cornstarch.Ĭommon proteins you’ll find in the dish include beef, chicken, pork or shrimp. Vegetables include bean sprouts, cabbage, snow peas, carrots. What is Chop Suey?Ĭhop Suey is a Chinese American dish. It’s a popular takeout dish that’s easy to make at home because you can use almost whatever vegetables or meat you have in your fridge. This Chop Suey recipe is a super easy and tasty way to use up all those ingredients. These days I have a lot of random leftover ingredients in my fridge. It can be made with a variety of meats and vegetables and everything is coated in a thick, flavorful, savory sauce. The texture is soft, supple and incredibly wonderful with a salty undertone of flavor.This quick and easy chop suey recipe is great for using up leftover ingredients you have in your fridge. ![]() IMO, the key to a flavorful Chop Suey lies in the freshest ingredients tossed with the soy sauce, salt and pepper of this veggie filled dish. This bowl of yummy was just what the body wanted. That’s kind of how it happens around here – the body wants what the body wants □ and early this Saturday morning, I wanted Chicken Chop Suey like I remembered it. And, the next thing I knew, I was making Chop Suey for breakfast. It was this memory that hit me early one Saturday morning. One taste of their Chop Suey, and it wasn’t long before you were overlooking the rough exterior, because their Chop Suey was clearly made with love on the inside. But arguably, they had the best Chicken Chop Suey in town. The Chinese take-out restaurant was less than a mile from my grandparent’s house, and by today’s standards, was what would be known as a dive. One of my fondest memories of getting to visit my grandparents is when my grandpa wanted Chicken Chop Suey. That’s when I just nod my head eagerly YES and he better not get in the way of my chop sticks, because they’re going to be humming around in that bowl of piping hot goodness. It makes my mouth water just thinking about it!Īround here, it’s hard to find an Asian restaurant that has a simple Chicken Chop Suey dish on the menu. Of course, you can order it off-menu, but it’s always with an incredulous look of surprise from the waiter like “ You want Chicken Chop Suey…?” What I love about it is, the few ingredients let the ingredients shine by themselves when doused with just a few dashes of salty soy sauce. But this recipe keeps it simple, and is just like a restaurant version I grew up with. I’m sure there are dozens of Chicken Chop Suey recipes you can make by including additional vegetables like carrots, snap peas or even cabbage. That’s it! Tossed with chicken, sprinkled with salt and pepper, then splashed with salty soy sauce. I’m a huge fan of a simple, easy, one skillet Chop Suey of simple ingredients like onions, celery, garlic and bean sprouts. Now that the holiday’s over, let’s talk Chop Suey, shall we? Chicken Chop Suey lovers, anyone? Thankfully, I’m happy to say, our 4th of July holiday was uneventful. Here, it was a hottttt 92 degrees, which is crazy, blazing hot for us.Īll our local towns had big banners of burn warnings, encouraging people to leave the fireworks to the professional, commercial displays. And, for the most part – everyone did. Which we were entirely grateful for, because we live near a heavily wooded area. This Chicken Chop Suey has few ingredients and is simple to make for a quick, easy weeknight meal.ĭid you all survive the fireworks of the 4th of July? □ ![]()
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