A delicious assortment of chopped Vegetables & Shrimp covered in a Chinese Clear Sauce for a Beautiful and Simple Shrimp Chop Suey! There is nothing like a Chinese Shrimp and Vegetable Stir Fry once in a while. Coated in a nice glistening, flavorful thickened Chinese Clear sauce that brings everything together with tender stir-fried Vegetables & plump Shrimp.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 1 lb Shrimp
- 1 C Water
- 2 Tbl Neutral Oil - optionally with 1 tsp of Sesame Oil
Chop Suey Sauce
- 1 1/2 C Water
- 2 Tbl Potato Starch
- 1/2 Tbl Hondashi & Sugar
- 1/2 tsp Sea Salt & MSG
- 1/8 tsp White Pepper & Cream of Tartar
Vegetables
- 8 leaves Napa Cabbage - Chopped in 1 inch pieces
- 1 large Onion - Sliced into Wedges or Strips
- 1 C Bean Sprouts - or more
- 1 Med Carrot - Sliced thin on an angle or fine Julienne
- 1 Stalk Celery - Sliced thin on an angle
- 2-3 Stalks Green Onions
- 4-6 Mushrooms - Sliced thin, optional
- 1 Bell Pepper - Sliced into Strips, optional
- 2 cloves Garlic - Chopped or fine julienne, optional
- 1/2 inch Ginger - Chopped or fine julienne, optional
Instructions
- Prep: Place Frozen Shrimp into abowl and fill with cold water. Set aside until thawed, about 10 minutes. Peel and set aside the shrimp once thawed. Wash and prep all the Vegetables. In a separate bowl, add the Bean Sprouts and Green Onions to be added to the Chop Suey last.Combine all the Chop Suey Sauce Ingredients together and mix. Mix again before adding to the Chop Suey.
- Hard Vegetables: Add 5 Cups of water to the wok and bring to a boil. Add hard cooked vegetables (Carrots, and Celery if including) and boil until just tender, check the tenderness, it should just be done, about 3-5 minutes. Scoop out and set aside.
- Shrimp: Place wok over medium heat. Add in 1 Tbl Oil, Shrimp, Garlic, and Ginger, if using. Ensure that the Shrimp is in an even layer. Cook for about 2-3 minutes, tossing the shrimp around every so often for even cooking. Once the shrimp takes on color and is no longer translucent, remove everything to set aside and add back in at the end.
- Stir Frying: Heat the wok up over max heat and wait until it starts to smoke. Add 1 Tbl Oil and immediately follow with quick cook vegetables (Napa & Onion, including Peppers and Mushrooms if adding). Stir-fry for about 3 minutes or until tender to your liking. Keep it moving.
- Chop Suey: Drop the heat to medium and add the previously boiled vegetables, Shrimp and aromatics, along with green onions and bean sprouts to mix through. Add the Chop Suey sauce and continue to mix until thickened, serve right away.
Notes
Adjustments can be made to the Chop Suey Sauce by adding more water to thin the sauce out or adding an equal mix of Potato Starch and Water to create a Slurry and added to the Chop Suey to thicken it over heat. Adjust how you see fit.