Boto's Chop Suey

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 500 g meat (poultry, beef or pork)
• 1 bell pepper(s)
• 2 carrots
• 1 jar bamboo shoot(s)
• 1 jar vegetables, Chinese
• 4 spring onions
• 1 jar mushrooms, sliced
• 4 clove(s) garlic, chopped
• sesame oil
• 2 tbsp sesame oil
• 2 tbsp soy sauce, dark, 1 tsp meat tenderizer, if desired.
• 1 pinch(s) pepper, black
• 1 pinch of garlic granules
• 1 tsp sambal oelek
• 1 tbsp fish sauce, Asian
• 100 ml soy sauce, dark
• 1 tsp sugar
• 200 ml water
• 1 pinch of ginger powder
• 1 tsp chili powder
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• Sauce thickener, dark
• e.g. Basmati

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Total time approx. 30 minutes

with basmati rice

Cut the meat into strips and mix with the marinade ingredients in a bowl. Meat tenderizer is only needed if using beef. Refrigerate the bowl for 24 hours. Finely chop the spring onions, bell peppers, and carrots. Mix all the sauce ingredients together. Rub a wok with sesame oil and bring to heat. First, sear the meat. Remove the meat and any cooking juices from the wok; the juices will be added back in later with the sauce. Now gradually cook the vegetables in the wok, starting with the spring onions and garlic, then the mushrooms, carrots, bell peppers, Chinese greens, and bamboo shoots. Now add the sauce and return the meat to the wok and simmer for 10 minutes. Thicken with sauce thickener if desired, and cook the basmati rice according to the package instructions. Serve everything together.