I have used vegetables I had in my refrigerator: broccoli, bell pepper, mushrooms, carrots and cabbage. This makes for a perfect busy night meal or to serve at parties too! Just before serving just make the crunchy vegetable stir fry, mix in the required amount of sauce and serve with crispy noodles. The best part of this recipe is all the elements of this super delicious dish (sauce, vegetables and crispy fried noodles) can be made ahead of time especially the sauce and noodles. Today, I will be sharing the American chopsuey version crunchy vegetables smothered in a red-colored, sweet, sour and spicy gravy then served with crispy fried noodles! To amp up the spice factor, I have stirred in some hot schezwan bottled sauce (from Chings Secret) you can either omit it if you are not game for anything spicy or add any hot chilli sauce like red chilli sauce, chilli paste etc. The American version has red tomato sauce and is red in color the Chinese version has a white gravy! Now, getting back to this recipe, in most Indian restaurants, there are 2 types of chopsueys available: American and Chinese.
If you have been following my blog, you would have noticed that I have been following this tradition of making something special for other members of my family on their birthdays my younger son ( Mini Heart-Shaped Chocolate Bites), my younger daughter-in-law ( Chocolate Malted Cake with Chocolate ganache) and for my elder daughter-in-law: Mock Oreo Tiramisu Parfait! Anytime I ask him what I should make for him, it is generally for sure chopsuey, his first choice! Today is my older son’s birthday and I wanted to make something special for him his all-time favorite dish: Spicy American Vegetable Chopsuey. We Indians love our Indo-Chinese food (an adaption of Chinese cuisine to suit our spicy Indian palates) and you ask any Indian and they will vouch for their love for Indo-chinese dishes like Manchow soup, Hakka vegetable noodles, hot and sour soup etc. This particular chopsuey is an Indo-Chinese creation more popular in India. Normally, American Chopsuey is a typical American pasta dish with macaroni and beef in a thick tomato sauce. Schezwan Vegetable Chopsuey is a super tasty Indo-chinese fusion dish crisp fried noodles are served over a bed of spicy schezwan flavored thick vegetable gravy with Chinese flavors!
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