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Special Chopsuey

A loaded Chopsuey with seafood, chicken liver, tofu, and crisp vegetables.

40 minutes · Serves 6

Ingredients for Special Chopsuey

  • 400 g tofu, cubed and deep-fried
  • 1 cup shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • 150 g chicken liver
  • 2 lap cheong, sliced
  • 6 dried shiitake mushrooms, rehydrated and sliced
  • 1/2 head broccoli, cut into florets
  • 1 large carrot, sliced
  • 1/3 head cabbage, sliced
  • 8 baby corn, sliced
  • 150 g sugar snap peas
  • 1 small yellow bell pepper, sliced
  • 1 small red bell pepper, sliced
  • 1 1/2 cups chicken stock
  • 2 tsp cornstarch mixed with 1/4 cup water
  • 2 tsp brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp XO sauce
  • 1 tbsp oyster sauce
  • Fish sauce, to taste
  • Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • 1 large red onion, sliced
  • 6 garlic cloves, minced
  • Oil, for cooking

How to cook Special Chopsuey

  1. 1.Deep-fry tofu until golden. Soak shiitake in warm water for 20 minutes, then slice.
  2. 2.Heat oil over medium-high heat; cook chicken liver through, then remove. Cook lap cheong until lightly crisp, then cook shrimp until pink; remove.
  3. 3.Add oil if needed and sauté garlic and onion until fragrant. Stir-fry carrot, broccoli, and baby corn for 3 minutes.
  4. 4.Add cabbage, snap peas, and bell peppers; cook 2 minutes until tender-crisp. Return liver, lap cheong, shrimp, tofu, and shiitake.
  5. 5.Add stock, cornstarch slurry, XO sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, fish sauce, and pepper. Simmer 5 minutes, until lightly thickened.
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