I can’t believe it’s taken me all this time to do this recipe. Chop Suey was a FAVORITE food in my house growing up. I’d be stoked whenever I came home from school and my gramma had it simmering on the stove. It’s the perfect fall food, all warm and delicious.

Chop Suey

You need:

pork chop suey

2 lbs pork
1 cup chopped onions
2 1/2 cup celery, cut up
3 tbsp soy sauce
2 cup water
1-5oz can sliced water chestnuts
2 tbsp cornstarch
1/4 cup water
Bean sprouts (optional)
Snow peas (optional)
Salt & pepper to taste

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Chop the celery into bite sized pieces.

slice onions

Slice onions lengthwise.

brown cubed pork

Cube pork. Warm a pan with oil, then brown pork in the pan.

add stuff, simmer

Once the pork is brown, add chopped onions, celery, soy sauce, water chestnuts and two cups of water. Simmer covered for 45 minutes.

add snow peas and bean sprouts

If you want to add snow peas and bean sprouts, do it now. I just added a handful of each. Then simmer for another ten minutes.

add cornstartch

My gram always added cornstarch to thicken the sauce a bit. Mix together 2 tablespoons of cornstarch and 1/4 cup of water, then add it to the chop suey. Mix it up, then simmer another five minutes.

chop suey

Mmmm, chop suey.

serve with rice or noodles

Chop suey is best if eaten with rice or noodles, or you can eat it with a shovel, like I did when I was a kid.

ready to eat

Mike and Annie were very excited to try it.

tasting...

My two lefties…

I'm just glad she tried it.

Mike LOVED it. And …the important thing is that Annie tried it. It just left more for me and Mike!

Enjoy!

5.0 from 1 reviews
Chop Suey
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Serves: 6
 
Ingredients
  • 2 lbs pork
  • 1 cup chopped onions
  • 2½ cup celery, cut up
  • 3 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 cup water
  • 1-5oz can sliced water chestnuts
  • 2 tbsp cornstarch
  • ¼ cup water
  • Bean sprouts (optional)
  • Snow peas (optional)
  • Salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Chop the celery into bite sized pieces and slice onions lengthwise.
  2. Cube pork. Warm a pan with oil, then brown pork in the pan.
  3. Once the pork is brown, add chopped onions, celery, soy sauce, water chestnuts and two cups of water. Simmer covered for 45 minutes.
  4. OPTIONAL add a handful of snow peas and bean sprouts, simmer for another ten minutes.
  5. Mix together 2 tablespoons of cornstarch and ¼ cup of water, then add it to the chop suey. Simmer another five minutes.
  6. Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve with rice or noodles