Best 4 Traditional Sapa Sui Samoan Chop Suey Recipes

SAMOAN SAPASUI RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat your peanut oil in a pan and on a medium heat add crushed garlic, chopped onion and ginger.
• Once the garlic starts to slightly brown, add your meat and carrots cut into matchsticks, and leave to cook.
• In a separate pot cook your vermicelli noodles according to the instructions on the pack.
• To the meat add your soy sauce, a cup of the noodle water and your stock cube, and let it simmer for 5 minutes.
• Once your noodles are cooked, snip them to around 5cm long and stir them in to the mix.
• If needed, add more soy sauce and water in small doses to get your required consistency.
• Add pepper to taste and serve.

TRADITIONAL SAPA SUI (SAMOAN CHOP SUEY)

Steps:

• 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!

SAPA SUI ( SAMOAN CHOP SUI)

Steps:

• Cook bean thread in broth 3-4 minutes. Turn off heat and set aside until soft enough to cut with scissors.
• Saute onions in oil until tender. Add corned beef, cook thoroughly.
• Add bok choy, mix well; then add cut bean thread mixture.
• Add soy sauce to taste.

SAPA SUI

Steps:

• Cut the meat into small pieces. Set aside.
• Heat a wok over medium heat and add the oil.
• Add the onion, garlic and ginger and mix well.
• Once the mixture begins to brown slightly, add the meat, carrot, bok choy and red bell pepper. Mix well and cook for 10 minutes, stirring regularly.
• In a separate saucepan, cook the cellophane noodles according to the package directions.
• To the meat, add the mushroom soy sauce, soy sauce, water and stock cube. Mix well and simmer over low to medium heat for 5 minutes.
• Once the noodles are cooked, cut them to about 2 inches (5 cm) long and add them to the mixture in the wok. Mix well.
• Add pepper to taste, sprinkle with scallions and cilantro before serving.