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Prep Time: 25 Minutes Cook Time: 15 Minutes |
Ready In: 40 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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Easy to make, and also very adaptable. Chop suey is the classic Chinese-American dish. This one's mainly a vegetable dish with beef added for extra flavor. Ingredients:
1/2 lb lean beef |
2 teaspoons oil |
2 teaspoons soy sauce |
1 teaspoon sugar |
1 teaspoon salt |
4 teaspoons cornstarch |
1/4 teaspoon pepper |
oil, for stir-frying |
2 small onions, finely chopped |
1 stalk celery, cut diagonally |
2 carrots, finely chopped |
1/4 lb fresh mushrooms, washed & sliced |
7 ounces canned bean sprouts, drained and rinsed |
1/2 cup bamboo shoots, rinsed & cut into thin strips (fresh if possible) or 1/2 cup water chestnut, sliced (fresh if possible) |
3 slices fresh ginger, crushed |
1/2 cabbage, finely chopped |
1 teaspoon sugar |
2 teaspoons salt |
4 garlic cloves, crushed |
1 cup water |
4 teaspoons cornstarch |
2 teaspoons soy sauce |
1 teaspoon sugar |
2 cups cooked rice |
Directions:
1. Cut beef into thin slices and marinate in a mixture of the next 6 ingredients for 10-15 minutes.
2. Heat a little oil and saute the onions& celery until onion is transparent, and set aside.
3. Stir-fry the carrots, mushrooms, sprouts and bamboo individually for 1 minute each (order doesn't matter)& set aside.
4. Saute the ginger for 1 minute, add the cabbage and cook for another minute.
5. Add the rest of the vegetables, mix well and add a tsp of sugar and 2 tsp salt or salt and sugar to taste.
6. Remove vegetables and set aside.
7. Heat a little oil and saute the garlic.
8. Add the marinated beef and cook for 2 more minutes.
9. Mix together the remaining 4 ingredients and stir into the beef.
10. Cook until cornstarch is clear and pour beef over the vegetables.
11. Serve chop suey over rice.
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