Topic: Vegetables
My husband always likes to eat mix vegetables, he said he likes to eat different tastes in one dish. That's why when I cooked vegetables, I always add many ingredients. Sometimes I combined all the vegetables in our fridge and stir-fried it, and you know what? he still likes it.
Chopsuey became one of our favorit vegetable recipe in the house because it's very easy to find its ingredients here in Kuwait. Here's one:
Ingredients:
2/3 cup shrimp, peeled leaving the tails on
2/3 cup squid, sliced
1 medium carrot, sliced
50 g snow peas / baguio beans
1 small head of cauliflower, cut into florets
100 g baby corn, cut into halves
2/3 cup button mushrooms, quartered
1 large green bell pepper, sliced
1 large onion, sliced
4 cloves of garlic, minced
1 cup chicken broth
3 tbsp. oyster sauce
1 tsp. sugar
1 tbsp. cornstarch
2 tbsp. cold water
1 tsp. black pepper
1 tbsp. fish sauce
2 tbsp. cooking oil
salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
1. Heat oil in a pan. Stir fry the carrots, cauliflower and peas/beans. Set aside.
2. Saute garlic and onion in the remaining oil. Add shrimps and squid. Add in the fish sauce, broth and sugar. Let it boil and simmer for 2 minutes, then add the mushrooms and baby corn. Simmer for another 2 minutes.
3. Stir in the previously stir-fried vegetables. Add the bell pepper.
4. Blend the cornstarch to the cold water and mix with the oyster sauce.
5. Pour in the corntarch mixture to the vegetables and stir, cook for 2 minutes.
6. Season with salt and pepper.
Serve hot.