We like combining light and dark soy sauce as you get the saltiness from one and the sweetness and color from the other.įor sweeteners, we use maple syrup but you can use sugar as well. Our sauce for this recipe is a combination of soy sauce, dark soy sauce, maple syrup, rice vinegar, white pepper, and vegan oyster sauce. You want a rich think sauce but with no lumps. It's important to dilute this ingredient in water or vegetable stock before adding it to the stir fry to avoid creating gelatinous lumps. We like using cornflour as we always have it in our pantry. To thicken the sauce you can use different ingredients such as cornflour or corn starch, potato flour, or regular flour. An alternative to tofu would be soy curls or tempeh.ĭiluted cornflour. Use fresh tofu to get the best results when frying it. You can coat the tofu with cornflour as we do for our cashew and tofu stir fry or simply fry the tofu as it is as we did for this recipe. For this dish, we use fried tofu to create these tofu puffs. When it comes to stir-fries, tofu puffs is our favorite protein. Add whatever you have in your fridge that needs to be cooked! You can add tons of veggies such as green beans, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, snow peas, cabbage, shiitake mushrooms, green bell pepper, baby corn, celery, etc.

For vegetables, we use onion, broccoli, red bell peppers, carrots, and mushrooms.

For this veg Chop Suey, we cut our garlic and ginger into small slices.įresh Veggies. All our stir-fries start with garlic and ginger. This American Chinese dish is simple to cook, using ingredients that you most likely already have at home and following a few simple steps. Our recipe for Chop Suey is a vegan version of the classic American-Chinese Chop Suey dish.įor our Vegan Chop Suey Recipe, we use crunchy veggies such as carrot, red pepper, and broccoli, fried tofu and mushrooms for protein, and a stir-fry sauce made with soy sauce (light and dark), plant-based oyster sauce, rice vinegar, maple syrup, and white pepper. Normally served on steamed rice or chow mein noodles.

Chop Suey is an American-Chinese dish made with stir-fried vegetables, protein, and a thick flavourful sauce.

Canned chop suey vegetables