Lamb Chop Suey

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 5 -6 lamb steaks
• 1 yellow onion
• 3 stalks celery
• 8 -10 fresh mushrooms (or 2 small cans of stems and pieces)
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 (14 ounce) cans bean sprouts, undrained
• 4 tablespoons molasses
• 1/3 cup soy sauce
• 1 (14 ounce) can swanson chicken broth
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch

Recipe

• 1 if you have a pressure cooker, it does wonders in tenderizing the lamb.
• 2 cut lamb into 1/2 inch cubes.
• 3 slice celery thin on diagonal.
• 4 slice onion into long slivers.
• 5 slice mushrooms into small hunks.
• 6 open cans of broth and bean sprouts.
• 7 mix corn starch into water.
• 8 heat oil in deep pan (pressure cooker or dutch oven), add butter and heat until it begins to bubble.
• 9 add lamb cubes; don't stir for approximately 2 minutes to permit the lamb to brown.
• 10 stir and add onion, celery, then mushrooms.
• 11 sprinkle in pepper.
• 12 let cook over medium heat, stirring often, until celery and onion slivers are tender.
• 13 add chicken broth, soy sauce and bean sprouts.
• 14 now add the molassas, and stir.
• 15 taste for proper balance of sweet and salt flavor, adding more soy sauce or more molassas to balance flavor.
• 16 cover pot and simmer for at least an hour.
• 17 if using pressure cooker, bring up to slow rocking pressure, and cook for 10 minutes.
• 18 let cool on its own, then remove cover and let simmer slowly for about 20 minutes.
• 19 when lamb is totally tender, and you have the proper sweet/salt flavor, mix corn starch into water and add to pot.
• 20 bring up heat just to the boil while stirring.
• 21 lower heat and let "cook" for about 15 minutes.
• 22 serve over long grain rice: 1 cup rice, 2 cups water, pinch of salt; bring to boil then cover and set on lowest heat setting for 25 minutes.
• 23 i've made this chop suey for the past 45 years (yes, i'm an"older gal":).
• 24 the chop suey freezes well.
• 25 enjoy!