![]() In my Chicken Chop Suey 雞球炒雜碎 recipe, I’ll show you how to make smooth, soft and tender chicken pieces fried with vegetables and a delicious sauce to bind it altogether. So, in my opinion, Chop Suey 炒雜碎 comes from this line of traditional home-style Chinese dishes. We use any protein and vegetables we have in the fridge, stir-fry it and add a sauce to it. These dishes are very typical home cooked dishes. I find that Chop Suey 炒雜碎 is very similar to another Cantonese dish that is generally called Sautéed Beef on Vegetables 菜遠牛肉 (Cantonese: choy yuen gnau yoke). Add edamame, cover and cook on high until thickened, about 30 minutes. Combine cornstarch and water until smooth gradually stir into chop suey. Cover and cook on low until chicken is tender, 5-6 hours. This dish is pretty much a stir-fry of meat and vegetables on-hand with a soy sauce slurry to combine it all together. In a small bowl, combine the broth, soy sauce, ginger and pepper flakes. Some of these settlers opened up restaurants and found that locals didn’t eat organ meats so they replaced them with beef, chicken and pork. And the word “Suey 碎” means broken pieces. The word “Chop 雜” refers to a variety of organ meats. To save money, many of these settlers would make stir-fries from organ meats and vegetables on hand. Remove chicken from the water, and let cool. Early Chinese settlers were predominantly Cantonese from Taishan, Guangdong. In two cups of boiling water, simmer the chicken for 30 minutes. Some history first…the term “chop suey” came from the United States in the 1800’s during the California Gold Rush. And it was just as I thought I had eaten this dish all my life and I didn’t know it was Chop Suey! And I also did some research on chicken chop suey beforehand so I had an idea of what it was but I just needed to verify. We ordered from an authentic Chinese-Canadian restaurant. I ordered this dish once in my life and it was for the sole purpose of writing this recipe. Chicken Chop Suey 雞球炒雜碎 (Cantonese: gai kow chow chap sui) is not authentic Chinese food? I’m not so sure about that.
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