Central American Chop Suey - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    2 large chicken breasts (cooked and shredded)
    1 cup chopped ham
    1 chayote (washed, peeled, cut in half and then julienned cut into matchstick size)
    1 cup carrot, julienned cut
    1/2 head green cabbage (julienned cut or shredded into thick pieces)
    1/2 green bell pepper (julienned)
    1/2 white onion (julienned)
    6 ounces uncooked chow mein stir-fry noodles (usually comes in 6 oz package)
    1 1/2 tablespoons chicken bouillon
    1 teaspoon cumin powder
    salt
    2 -3 tablespoons cooking oil
Preparation
    In a medium pot, add water and bring to a boil.
    Meanwhile, In a large wok or saute pan add cooking oil and stir fry all the veggies (put the cabbage at the very top) and saute until tender. This takes about 10-15 minute Remove the veggies from pan and set aside in a bowl. Keep warm.
    Add the noodles to the boiling water and cook for about 3 mins or until al dente. Remove from water, drain in cold water. Set aside.
    Add a little more cooking oil to the wok and add the ham. Cook for about 2 minutes Add noodles and lightly stir fry about 2 minutes Add chicken and veggies to pan, mix together, and season with the chicken bullion and cumin powder. Add salt if needed. Heat thru for another 3 minutes or until flavors have blended together. Serve warm.

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