Indo Chinese is a very interesting cuisine. It is also one of the tastiest versions of Chinese fusion food. Adapted for the colourful and adventurous Indian palate, Indo Chinese has a lot of chili, a lot of tang and a lot of oomph. One of the most popular dishes on the menu of a restaurant serving Indian Chinese is a dish called American Chopsuey.
Chopsuey is originally a Chinese dish of meat and vegetables stir-fried in sauce and thickened with corn starch. It is served with noodles and there are many variations in place in different regions of China. The Indian Chinese version of Chopsuey is similar in concept with an interesting twist. The base of the dish is a corn starch thickened almost sweet and sour tasting tangy vegetable sauce topped with a mound of crispy fried noodles and finished off with a perfectly fried egg. It is spectacular to look at and absolutely scrumptious.
Ingredients
- 1 cup cabbage, thinly sliced and chopped
- 1 cup carrot, julienned and chopped
- 1/4 cup snow peas, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup capsicum, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
- 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornflour dissolved in 1/4 cup water
- 3 cups Campbell's Real Stock Vegetable
- 1 1/4 cups ketchup
- 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
- 1/4 cup spring onions, finely chopped + 2 tablespoons chopped spring onions for garnish
- few coriander leaves for garnish
- 4 round portions cooked, fried noodles
- 4 fried eggs
Instructions
- Heat oil on high in a wok. Toss in the ginger and stir fry for a minute. Add the carrot, snow peas, capsicum and cabbage and stir fry for another minute. Add soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, ketchup, pepper and stock. Reduce heat to medium and cook for approximately 6-8 minutes until heated through and starting to bubble.
- Add spring onions and cornflour. Increase heat to high. Cook for 2-3 minutes stirring till sauce thickens and is hot. Remove from heat.
- In 4 noodle bowls, spoon sauce until halfway full. Top with fried noodle rounds and fried egg. Garnish with spring onions and coriander. Serve hot with sliced green chilies and slivered ginger.
yummmyyyy.. i havent had chopsuey in so loooongg! yours looks drooliciously perfect.. and really pretty clicks!
I've never even heard of American Chopsuey before, but your description of it and the photos make it look so good I want to try (especially the sauce!)! I haven't had much IndoChinese food either- actually, I can't even think of one Indochinese restaurant in my area 🙁
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Beautiful shots. Though even here in Malaysia, we may not have something sharing the similarity like chop suey. Probably a claypot style of noodles with eggs, bits of pork/chicken and fish balls, but not the ketchup-based gravy definitely.
What a lovely presentation! It totally reminded me of my college days when I ate this. Now I am craving for it. Beautiful photographs!
I love chop suey! Heck, I absolutely go ga-ga over any Chinese dishes. I have my aunt to thank for awakening my taste-buds in Chinese cuisine.
It's what i miss about India - the Indo Cinese cuisine. I do remember indulging in chopsuey while on vacation in Delhi. My friends would be left in amazement as they watched how much of the dish I could actually polish away! Great recipe Sneh!
I had actually forgotten about this totally! In India I used to eat this a lot .. one of my fav it was and somehow I had forgotten about it. Now I need to eat it sometime soon. Thanks for a recipe .. gonna try at home too 🙂
omg this looks and sounds amazing. Great photos
Used to feat on this while I was in school. Haven't had it in ages now, sigh. That picture of the stacked noodles is simply mind blowing!
Looks great, love the abundance of veg in it!
Wow you got me drooling on this one. Indo- chinese is a different kind of cuisine in itself. I have to book mark this recipe. Thanks Sneh for sharing this recipe.
America chopsuey has never cooled better! I am not really fan of this dish but your photos are making me want to have some! lol... I generally like Indian Chinese though 🙂
yumm!! I think I had american chopsuey last maybe 4-5 years ago...ohhh i am reminded of it now and craving big time!!
Oozing egg food porn! NOM!! This looks so great 🙂 I'd quite happily devour it 🙂
Oh drooooooool! Indo-chinese is something else altogether. Our faves back in college were momos and foo yungs...I can still remember the flavors, and no matter how hard I try, I just can't seem to replicate those at home. 🙁
This looks amazing, as usual!
Scrummy looking soup Sneh, and those photos are just stunning!!