Chop suey is also vegan and a delicious classic of Chinese cuisine. We’ll show you how to prepare the dish without any animal products.
The best way to prepare vegan chop suey is in a wok. Alternatively, you can replace this with a large pot. The chop suey sauce gets its spiciness and intense aroma primarily from the thickened soy sauce. Ginger, garlic and the hot paste Sambal Oelek are also used in our recipe.
Since the vegan chop suey consists almost entirely of vegetables, you need the most time for cutting during preparation. So if you don’t have the time, you can prepare the vegetables the day before. The mixing, cooking and seasoning of the ingredients is then relatively quick.
Make sure the vegetables are organic if possible. This is not only better for the environment, but also for you. No harmful chemical-synthetic pesticides are used in organic farming.
For your chop suey you also need vegetable broth. You can prepare these yourself.
Vegan Chop Suey: An easy recipe
Ingredients:
3onions
4 tablespoons sesame oil
2 tbsp tomato paste
2Chicory
2peppers
2carrots
2 clove(s) garlic
200 g green beans
10 ginger
120 mlsoy sauce
400 ml vegetable broth
1 teaspoon Sambal Oelek
3 tablespoons starch
400 gbean sprouts
Directions:
First cut the onions into small pieces. Heat 1 tbsp sesame oil in a wok and fry the onion together with the tomato paste.
Then wash the chicory, cut it into small pieces and fry it in a separate pan with 2 tablespoons of oil.
Now cut the peppers and carrots into small pieces and chop the garlic into fine pieces.
Add the garlic and chicory to the sautéed onions.
Then fry the carrots, peppers and beans in the pan with the remaining sesame oil. Put everything in the wok or large pot.
Mix the cornstarch with some water in a small bowl. Now cut the ginger into small pieces and add it to the chop suey together with the soy sauce, the vegetable stock, the sambal oelek and the cornstarch.
Let the whole thing simmer for a moment and then add the bean sprouts. Chop suey tastes particularly delicious with fried noodles or rice.
This is a particularly good way to make vegan chop suey
If you want to prepare the vegan chop suey with noodles, you can find the typical Asian fried noodles in the supermarket. However, these are often prepared with egg.
You can also vary the ingredients according to the season and regional availability.
For example, you can replace chicory with white cabbage when the cabbage is in season.
Depending on your taste, you can also use other vegetables for your chop suey. For example, broccoli or leeks go very well with it.
In the Utopia seasonal calendar you can check when is the best time for which vegetables: Seasonal calendar for vegetables and fruit: Think Global, Eat Local!
Classic chop suey usually comes with chicken, shrimp, or pork. Just as delicious, much more environmentally friendly and cruelty-free, the chop suey works with tofu, soy strips, kidney beans or mushrooms instead.
