Traditional Sapa Sui (Samoan Chop Suey) |
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Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes |
Ready In: 30 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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I love this recipe! It's cheap, delicious and fast to prepare. It comes from an old boyfriend's mum. She is Samoan and a great cook. As this is a Samoan recipe, you can bet it's going to feed a small army. Ingredients:
250 g mung beans, vermicelli they are also called cellophane (found in the asian section of your supermarket) or 1 glass noodles |
2 tablespoons oil |
1 large onion, diced |
2 -4 garlic cloves, crushed (or a good tablespoon of the prepared garlic in a jar) |
1 tablespoon of fresh grated gingerroot (or 1 tb of ginger from a jar) |
300 g mincemeat (all meats are fine, beef, chicken or pork) or 500 g of chopped meat (all meats are fine, beef, chicken or pork) |
2 tablespoons soy sauce |
2 cups water |
1/2 cup soy sauce |
2 tablespoons ketchup, manis |
2 -5 cups chopped vegetables, i love veggies so i added 5 cups (fresh or frozen) |
1 teaspoon vegetable stock powder or 1 teaspoon chicken stock powder or 1 teaspoon beef stock powder |
Directions:
1. In a large pan, fry the onion, garlic and ginger until the onion is translucent over a med/high heat.
2. Add and fry the meat for no more than 2 minutes It needs to be just seared. Stir so it doesn't burn.
3. Add the soy sauce and water (the water should almost cover the meat - not totally). Let simmer over a med. heat while you prepare the noodles (about 5 minutes).
4. Prepare the noodles as per the pack instructions (place hot water in a bowl and add the noodles, let stand until they are re-hydrated and plyable).
5. Snip the noodles, you want each strand to be short.
6. Add the noodles plus 1 cup of the water from the noodles.
7. Add the remaining ingredients. It will look soupy - this is normal.
8. Stir and let simmer over a medium heart for 10-15 minutes.
9. Serve as is!
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