Traditional Sapa Sui (Samoan Chop Suey)
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.
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INGREDIENTS
Nutrition- 250g mung beans, vermicelli they are also called cellophane (found in the asian section of your supermarket) or 1 glass noodles
- 2tablespoons oil
- 1
- 2 -4
- 1
- 300g mincemeat (all meats are fine, beef, chicken or pork) or 500 g of chopped meat (all meats are fine, beef, chicken or pork)
- 2tablespoons soy sauce
- 2cups water
- 1⁄2cup soy sauce
- 2tablespoons ketjap manis
- 2 -5cups chopped vegetables, I love veggies so I added 5 cups (fresh or frozen)
- 11 teaspoon chicken stock powder or 1 teaspoon beef stock powder
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DIRECTIONS
- In a large pan, fry the onion, garlic and ginger until the onion is translucent over a med/high heat.
- Add and fry the meat for no more than 2 minutes It needs to be just seared. Stir so it doesn't burn.
- 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).
- 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).
- Snip the noodles, you want each strand to be short.
- Add the noodles plus 1 cup of the water from the noodles.
- Add the remaining ingredients. It will look soupy - this is normal.
- Stir and let simmer over a medium heart for 10-15 minutes.
- Serve as is!
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