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Chop suey | American Chop suey

American Chop suey Recipe is a popular American Chinese cuisine made with crispy noodles topped with a sweet sour sauce of stir fried vegetables and fried egg. This has become a popular dish served in restaurants all around the world. You can serve this chop suey with chicken clear soup, chow mein, dragon prawns or bang bang shrimp. Learn how to make the perfect American chop suey with step by step pictures, video and guide.
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Servings: 2 servings
Calories: 733kcal
Author: Aarthi

Equipment

  • Cooking pot
  • Deep fryer or Deep fry pot

Ingredients

For Crispy Noodles

  • 200 grams Egg Noodles I used millet noodles
  • 2 tsp Salt to taste
  • 1 litre Water
  • 3 tbsp Cornstarch
  • Oil for Deep frying

For Chop suey Sauce

  • 1 tbsp Oil
  • 6 Garlic finely chopped
  • 1 Green chillies chopped finely
  • 1 medium Onion sliced thinly
  • 1 medium Carrot juliened
  • ½ cup Cabbage shredded
  • ½ cup Bell pepper | Capsicum sliced thinly
  • 8 Mushrooms sliced thinly
  • 3 tbsp Tomato ketchup
  • 2 tbsp Chilli Garlic paste
  • 2 tsp Soy Sauce
  • 1 tsp Vinegar
  • 1 tsp Sugar
  • Salt to taste Optional
  • 1 tsp Black Pepper
  • 2 cups Vegetable stock or water
  • 1 tbsp Corn Starch
  • 2 Spring Onions chopped finely

For Serving

  • 2 Egg

Instructions

  • For making chop suey sauce. Heat oil in a pan. Add in garlic, chillies, onions and saute for a minute. Now add in all the vegetables and give a stir. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Add in ketchup, soy sauce, chilli garlic paste, vinegar, salt, sugar and black pepper and mix well. Pour in stock and bring it to a boil. Mix cornstarch with some water to form a slurry. Pour the slurry into the vegetables mixture and cook till thickened. Add spring onions and mix.
  • Now lets cook the noodles in salted boiling water as per package directions strain the cooked noodles in a colander and spread in a plate and set aside to get dry. Once the noodles are dry, add in corn starch and toss to coat the noodles. Heat oil for deep frying, drop noodles in and fry till crispy. Strain on some paper towel and set aside.
  • Heat oil in a pan, add in egg and cook till crispy. Remove and set aside.
  • Now for serving. Take fried noodles in a serving dish, pour the sauce over it, top with fried egg and some spring onion. Serve.

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Notes

  • You can make the chop suey sauce ahead of time and store in fridge. You can reheat when serving and pour over fried noodles.
  • You can cook noodles ahead of time and store in fridge. Coat with cornstarch just before serving and deep fry till crispy.
  • I used millet noodles in this recipe. You can use any noodles of choice.
  • Fried egg is optional. You can skip if you want to keep this completely vegetarian.
  • Chicken, fish, shrimp or any seafood can be used. 

Nutrition

Calories: 733kcal | Carbohydrates: 123g | Protein: 26g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 248mg | Sodium: 4861mg | Potassium: 1051mg | Fiber: 10g | Sugar: 23g | Vitamin A: 8007IU | Vitamin C: 98mg | Calcium: 147mg | Iron: 4mg
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