Pork Chop Suey
- 5 -6 pork steaks
- 1 yellow onion
- 3 stalks celery
- 8 -10 fresh white mushrooms (or 2 small cans of stems and pieces)
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 (14 ounce) cans bean sprouts, undrained
- 4 tablespoons molasses
- 1/3 cup soy sauce
- 1 (14 ounce) can Swanson chicken broth
- 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- If you have a pressure cooker, it does wonders in tenderizing the pork.
- Cut pork into 1/2 inch cubes.
- Slice celery thin on diagonal.
- Slice onion into long slivers.
- Slice mushrooms into small hunks.
- Open cans of broth and bean sprouts.
- Mix corn starch into water.
- Heat oil in deep pan (pressure cooker or dutch oven), add butter and heat until it begins to bubble.
- Add pork cubes; don't stir for approximately 2 minutes to permit the pork to brown.
- Stir and add onion, celery, then mushrooms.
- Sprinkle in white pepper.
- Let cook over medium heat, stirring often, until celery and onion slivers are tender.
- Add chicken broth, soy sauce and bean sprouts.
- Now add the molassas, and stir.
- Taste for proper balance of sweet and salt flavor, adding more soy sauce or more molassas to balance flavor.
- Cover pot and simmer for at least an hour.
- If using pressure cooker, bring up to slow rocking pressure, and cook for 10 minutes.
- Let cool on its own, then remove cover and let simmer slowly for about 20 minutes.
- When pork is totally tender, and you have the proper sweet/salt flavor, mix corn starch into water and add to pot.
- Bring up heat just to the boil while stirring.
- Lower heat and let "cook" for about 15 minutes.
- Serve over long grain rice: 1 cup rice, 2 cups water, pinch of salt; bring to boil then cover and set on lowest heat setting for 25 minutes.
- I've made this chop suey for the past 45 years (yes, I'm an"older gal":).
- The chop suey freezes well.
- Enjoy!
pork, yellow onion, stalks celery, white mushrooms, vegetable oil, butter, bean sprouts, molasses, soy sauce, chicken broth, white pepper, water, cornstarch
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/pork-chop-suey-11980 (may not work)