American Chop Suey

💛 Ingredients 💛

For Chop Suey:

• 1 cup cabbage, shredded

• 1/2 cup red cabbage, shredded

• 1 green capsicum, julienned

• 1 red capsicum, julienned

• 1 yellow capsicum, julienned

• 1 carrot, peeled & julienned

• 1/2 cup button mushroom, sliced (optional)

• 2 tablespoons sesame oil

• Pinch of aji no moto (optional)

• 1 teaspoon ginger paste

• 1 teaspoon green chili paste

• 1 teaspoon tomato paste

• Salt & pepper to taste

• 1 teaspoon sugar

• 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce

• 1 tablespoon ketchup

• 1 tablespoon chili sauce

• 2 tablespoons cornflour

• Water as required

For Fried Noodles:

• 100 grams Hakka noodles

• 1 teaspoon salt

• 1 tablespoon olive oil

• 1 tablespoon cornflour

• Water to boil noodles

• Oil for frying noodles

💚 Instructions 💚

For Chop Suey:

• In a pan, heat oil.

• Add in, all the veggies, green chili paste, ginger paste, tomato paste, aji-no-moto, soy sauce, chili sauce, ketchup, sugar, salt, and pepper powder

• Mix well and cook for 2-3 mins.

• In a bowl, mix cornflour and 4 tablespoons of water, making sure there are no lumps.

• Now add this to the veggies and cook for 5 minutes.

For Fried Noodles:

• In a saucepan, bring water to a boil by adding salt and oil.

• Add the noodles to it. Boil them until they are softened just a bit.

• Now drain the water and wash the noodles in cold running water.

• Mix cornflour to the noodles thoroughly and keep them aside.

• Heat oil for deep frying on medium-high heat.

• Once the oil is heated, add the noodles in small batches and deep fry them on each side until they turn golden brown and crisp.

Assembling:

• Place the crispy fried noodles on a serving plate.

• Spoon a generous amount of the chop suey over the crispy noodles.

• Serve the American ChopSuey immediately.