Chop Suey

My Chop Suey Recipe

Ingredients:

1/4 kg. Chicken breast (shredded)
1/4 kg. Chicken liver (cut into half)
1/4 kg. Shrimp (peeled and slit at the back)
1/4 kg. Pork (cut into strips)
1 whole Cabbage (triangular sliced)
1/8 kg. Chinese snow peas
1/8 kg. Baguio beans (sliced diagonally thin)
1 pc. big Carrot (sliced into strips/ julliened)
1 head of Cauliflower (cut into flowerets)
1 head of Broccoli (cut into flowerets)
1 pc. green Bell pepper (sliced diagonally)
1 pc. red Bell pepper (grilled, sliced diagonally)
1 pc red Onion (sliced)
1 head of Garlic (crushed)
24 pcs. Quail eggs (boiled and peeled)
1 can Button mushroom (sliced)
1 can Young corn (sliced diagonally)
3 pcs. Tomatoes (sliced,seeded)
Vegetable oil
2 tbsp. Oyster sauce
8 tbsp. Premium soy sauce
2 tbsp. Cornstarch (dissolved in 1/8 cup of water)
1-2 cups of Chicken stock
1 thumb of Ginger (peeled and crushed)
Ground Pepper to taste

Procedure:

1. Clean the chicken breast, peel the ginger then crushed, with the cleaned the pork that is sliced into strips. Put it in a casserole and boil it for 10-15 mins. or until the meat are tender. scrape any dirt foaming above the water. Drain the chicken and meat. set aside about 2 cups of the chicken/pork stock.

2. Clean the chicken liver in running water then sliced it into half.

3. For the bell peppers both green and red, grill it first for the much more fragrant aroma to come out. When its skin is a little bit blackened let it cool and then peel it and slice diagonally.

4. For the shrimp, blanched it for about 2 min. drain the liquid you can add it it the soup stock. Set aside.

5. Put some vegetable cooking oil into the heated casserole. Stir the onion first then the garlic when it is slightly browned then mixed in the tomatoes and stir in the Chicken Liver for about 3 minutes. then mixed in the chicken and pork.

6. Stir Fry the Baguio beans, Chinese snow peas, cabbage, button mushroom and young corn. Then after the cabbage had wilted a little toss in the red and green bell pepper along with the cauliflower, carrots and broccoli. Do this for about 2 minutes.

7. Pour a cup or 2 of chicken stock with the shrimp stock and the dissolved mixture of cornstarch into the vegetables. Seasoned with oyster sauce, adjust the measurement of premium soy sauce and pepper according to your taste.

8. Put the quail eggs and the shrimp on top and simmer for about 5 minutes or until the sauce thickens and all the vegetables are nicely cooked. Some people want their vegetables to be well cooked some want it to still be a little bit crunchy. Serve it with a hot white plain rice.

Enjoy!