Vegetable chop suey recipe made with crispy fried noodles, yummy sauce & lots of veggies. This Americanchop suey is easy to make and tastes swesome.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time20 minutesmins
Total Time30 minutesmins
Course: snacks
Cuisine: American, Chinese-American
Servings: 2people
Calories: 283kcal
Author: Preeti
Equipment
1 Heavy bottom pan
Ingredients
For Fried Noodles
150gnoodles(whole wheat noodles)
2tablespooncornflour(to sprinkle over the noodles)
oil to deep fry the noodles
For American chop suey sauce
1tablespoonfinely chopped garlic
¼cupspring onion whitesthinly sliced
½cupcabbage
½capsicum
1small carrot
¼cuptomato sauce
1teaspoonsoy sauce
1teaspoonblack pepper powder
½teaspoonsugar
salt to taste
1.5teaspooncornflour(stir 1.5 teaspoon cornflour in 2 teaspoon water to make cornflour slurry)
1teaspoonvinegar(or use lemon juice)
2tablespoonspring onion greens
Instructions
Cooking the noodles
Boil 5 cups of water. Add salt & stir.
Next, add the noodles to the boiling water & cook as per package instructions or until al dente.
Drain the noodles to a colander.
Rinse it with cold water. Set it aside for a minute.
Frying the noodles
Sprinkle cornflour on the noodles & toss it. Make sure the noodles are coated with a thin layer of cornflour. Do not add too much cornflour.
Fry the noodles in medium hot oil.
With the help of the ladle try to give it a round shape. Let it fry on one side then gently flip & fry on the other side until golden & crisp (refer the video). Set it aside.
Same way fry the noodles in batches. I fried the noodles in 2 batches.
Making the American chop suey sauce
In the same pan, remove excess oil. (Keep only 2 teaspoon oil).
Sauté finely chopped garlic for a minute.
Add spring onion white. Stir fry it for a minute.
Next, add cabbage, capsicum & carrot to it. Stir fry it for 2-3 minutes.
Add 1 cup water, tomato sauce, soy sauce, black pepper powder, sugar & salt. Stir it well.
Let it come to a boil then add cornflour slurry (mix 2 teaspoon cornflour in 1.5 teaspoon water). Cook stirring continuously until the chop suey sauce thickens.
Once the sauce thickens, remove from the heat. Taste and adjust the seasoning. (Add more salt or spice as per taste.)
Stir in vinegar & spring onion greens.
Assembling Veg American Chop Suey
Place the fried noodles in bowl. Top it with chop suey sauce. Garnish with spring onion greens.
Serve immediately & enjoy!
Video
Notes
Cook the noodles until al dente. Cook it as per the instructions given on the package. Mushy or overcooked noodles will not be crisp when deep-fried.
Rinse noodles with cold water. It will stop the cooking process immediately. Also, the excess starch is rinsed with water which makes the noodles sticky.
When you drain off the water make sure there is no moisture left in the noodles.
Tossing the noodles with cornflour is important. It ensures that there is no moisture left in the noodles. Also, helps the noodles to fry crisp.
Fry the noodles in small batches in medium hot oil.
While stir-frying the veggies make sure they have a crunch in them. It should not be completely cooked.