Grandma's Hamburger Chop Suey

Name: Grandma's Hamburger Chop Suey
Total time: P1H5M
Yield: 10
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: celery heart; sweet vidalia onions; mung bean sprouts; ground beef, lean; soy sauce, dark; oriental sauce; black pepper; sugar; flour; water

Submitted by lynn in ma

Another favorite recipe, courtesy of Grandma. Serve over hot cooked rice and topped with chow mein noodles.

YIELD

10 servings

PREP

15 min

COOK

50 min

READY

65 min

Ingredients

POUND CELERY HEART
(approx. 1 pkg.), sliced diagonally *

LARGE SWEET VIDALIA ONIONS
chopped

CUPS MUNG BEAN SPROUTS
4 (15 or 16 oz. cans), drained, liquid reserved

POUNDS GROUND BEEF, LEAN
or ground sirloin, browned in skillet, any fat skimmed off

⅔

CUP SOY SAUCE, DARK *

CUP ORIENTAL SAUCE
brown gravy sauce or oriental sesame sauce *

TEASPOON BLACK PEPPER
freshly ground

1 ½

TABLESPOONS SUGAR

CUP ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR

CUP WATER

Directions

Simmer celery in reserved bean sprout liquid in Dutch oven or stock pot for 15 minutes; add onion and continue cooking for 15 minutes. Add ground beef, soy sauce, brown gravy/sauce and bean sprouts. Stir; add the sugar; mix well.

Combine the flour and water to make a paste. Slowly whisk into the chop suey to slightly thicken. Continue to simmer, uncovered, for 15 to 20 minutes.

Serve over hot cooked white rice and topped with crispy chow mein noodles, if desired.