Beef Chop Suey

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 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

Recipe

• 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.