Chicken Chop Suey (with homemade chicken stock)

Chop Suey roughly translated means “assorted pieces” so that leaves it entirely up to you and your taste what you use, basically though it will consist of chicken, beef, pork or fish  with bean sprouts, rice and other vegetables.

For this dish I have chosen chicken and green beans and you may think that I have cheated a bit on the stock because I have used stock cubes, but I have enhanced it with the flavour of the bones and the skin of the chicken, the stock cubes just make it a little quicker to produce.

Chicken Chop Suey (with homemade chicken stock)

You will need

3 – Chicken Thighs (skin on bone in)
Splash of White Wine Vinegar
Pinch of Salt
1 – tablespoon – Freshly Grated Ginger
1 – Onion (finely chopped)
175 Gm – Bean Sprouts
120 Gm – Green Beans
1 tablespoon – Light Soy Sauce
2 – Chicken Stock Cubes
1 tablespoon – Chinese Rice Wine
½ teaspoon – soft Brown Sugar

150 Ml - Chicken Stock
250 Gm – Cold Cooked Rice

Top and tail the beans then chop them into 1 inch pieces, now put them into a pan of boiling water for about 5 minutes and set them aside.

Skin and de-bone the chicken thighs and fry the skin and bones in a little garlic oil for about 10 minutes.

Drain of the fat and deglaze the pan with a little white wine vinegar, while the vinegar is cooking out mix the stock cube in 250 Ml of freshly boiled water and pour into the pan.

Simmer on a medium to high heat for 10 minutes then drain through a sieve; this should make
150 Ml of stock.

Pour about a tablespoon of garlic oil over the cold pre-cooked rice, mix well and set aside.

Cut the chicken into strips and cook in a little garlic oil for 5 or 6 minutes.

Add the onion and Beansprouts and cook for a couple of minutes on a medium to high heat then add the soy sauce, rice wine, ginger and soft brown sugar and mix well.

Now add the rice, season with the salt and stir fry for a couple more minutes.

Put in the beans and the stock mix well and cook for 5 minutes just to make sure that the chicken is cooked through.

Place in a bowl and serve immediately.........Delicious.