Sapasui - Chop Suey

Photo: Timena Apa

Ingredients:
700gms Gravy Beef/Chuck steak
2x packets vermicelli noodles
Soy sauce
Canola oil
2x bulbs Garlic
1x large brown onion
1/2 ginger root

Recipe:
1.    Slice meat into bite sized pieces and cook on the stove with oil over medium heat.
2.    Soak vermicelli noodles in COLD water to soften - set aside
3.    Peel and crush garlic
4.    Peel and crush ginger
5.    Peel and slice onion
6.    Trim vermicelli with scissor to shorten the noodles - drain.
7.    Add ingredients to meat one at at time:
8.    Start by adding 1/2 cup of oil - stir
9.    Add a hand full of onion - stir
10.    Add garlic - stir
11.    Add remaining onion - stir
12.    Leave for a few minutes then add enough soy sauce to cover the meat (a generous pour)
13.    Simmer for a few minutes before adding the vermicelli - bit by bit - keep stirring.
14.    Stir until all the noodles have turned brown.
15.    Add 1 cup of water.
16.    Cover and leave to cook for 5 minutes
17.    Serve with rice or taro.