Central American Chop Suey

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 2 large chicken breasts (cooked and shredded)
• 1 cup chopped ham
• 1 chayote (washed, peeled, cut in half and then julienned cut into matchstick size)
• 1 cup carrot, julienned cut
• 1/2 head green cabbage (julienned cut or shredded into thick pieces)
• 1/2 green bell pepper (julienned)
• 1/2 onion (julienned)
• 6 ounces uncooked chow mein stir-fry noodles (usually comes in 6 oz package)
• 1 1/2 tablespoons chicken bouillon
• 1 teaspoon cumin powder
• salt
• 2 -3 tablespoons cooking oil

Recipe

• 1 in a medium pot, add water and bring to a boil.
• 2 meanwhile, in a large wok or saute pan add cooking oil and stir fry all the veggies (put the cabbage at the very top) and saute until tender. this takes about 10-15 minute remove the veggies from pan and set aside in a bowl. keep warm.
• 3 add the noodles to the boiling water and cook for about 3 mins or until al dente. remove from water, drain in cold water. set aside.
• 4 add a little more cooking oil to the wok and add the ham. cook for about 2 minutes add noodles and lightly stir fry about 2 minutes add chicken and veggies to pan, mix together, and season with the chicken bullion and cumin powder. add salt if needed. heat thru for another 3 minutes or until flavors have blended together. serve warm.