RECIPE CHICKEN CHOP SUEY FREE

In a blender, place the chicken broth, cilantro, soy sauce, Salsa Lizano and a healthy pinch of onion and celery.

Add the chicken (with any sauce in the bowl) and sautee until cooked.

In a large skillet, heat the oil and crushed garlic over medium high.

Julienne the red pepper, carrots, celery, broccoli and onion.

Pour over chicken and stir until chicken is coated. Whisk together ¼ cup soy sauce, salt and corn starch.

Slice your chicken breasts into fine strips and place them in a bowl to marinate.

If you are using the Vigui, do not use the condiment packet- set it aside for the chicken.

Cook and drain the chop suey noodles and set aside.

Double carbs in a meal are a very Costa Rican food thing, and if you don’t believe me, check out this thread in our Costa Rican Food Lovers group on Facebook. However, you will often find this dish served with a side of Costa Rican white rice.

I love to eat it with a fun Costa Rican juice or a traditional Costa Rican salad. Related post: Costa Rican Cantonese Rice Recipe Serving Suggestionsįor me, this recipe is a meal in and of itself. If you don’t have chicken broth on hand you can easily combine chicken bouillon with water and use instead. You can use Costa Rican shredded chicken in place of the chicken breasts. You could also add chayote to this recipe too- would be so delicious! You don’t have to have all of the vegetables listed above- make do with what you have- that’s the Costa Rican way.

RECIPE CHICKEN CHOP SUEY FREE

Coco aminos work great in place of soy sauce in order to make this a gluten free recipe. If you don’t have the Salsa Lizano you can omit it. There is a version of Costa Rican chop suey soup that is a bit lighter on the soy sauce and is sort of a combination between this recipe and ramen noodles. Many street food vendors in Costa Rica will add pork and Chinese sausage to this recipe. Add in the noodles and stir until everything is well combined and coated with the sauce. Pour the sauce from the blender over the chicken and veggie mix and combine. Blend until smooth.Īdd all of the vegetables to your large skillet with the chicken and sautee everything on medium high heat until vegetables are tender. In a blender, place the chicken broth, cilantro, soy sauce, Salsa Lizano and a healthy pinch of onion and celery. In a large skillet, heat the oil and crushed garlic over medium high. Julienne the red pepper, carrots, celery, broccoli and onion. Slice your chicken breasts into fine strips and place them in a bowl to marinate.

Subscribe Chicken Chop Suey Costa Rica RecipeĬook and drain the chop suey noodles and set aside. Related post: 30+ Recipes to Try In Costa Rica There are many versions of Costa Rican chop suey recipe- but this is mine and I hope you love it as much as our family does! I have been making it this way ever since. She made the absolute best chop suey on the planet, and she explained to me how she makes the recipe. Portions are huge, and people share them with friends.Īlmost 20 years ago I worked at a bilingual school in Costa Rica, and the school cafeteria chef was Chinese. The food is generally served in round grey or red plastic container with a top and a plastic fork. At festivals and community events you will often see food trucks with huge portions of chop suey ready for purchase. This recipe combines chicken, traditional chop suey noodles and lots of vegetables.Ĭhop suey is made in many Costa Rican homes, and it is also a very popular street food. All of the recipes have a Costa Rican flair in that both soy sauce and Salsa Lizano are main ingredients in the sauce. The biggest mark on Costa Rican cuisine that the Chinese immigrants have left are in the form of Chop Suey (both soup and the dry noodle recipe below) and arroz cantones. Today, Chinese immigrants number nearly 45,000 in Costa Rica, and there are many Chinese-Costa Rican people throughout the country who are fully bilingual and run amazing businesses. As time went on, many immigrants arrived in Costa Rica as a stopover while they waited for visas to enter the United States and Canada- but eventually they just stayed in Costa Rica. Historically, they came first from the Guangdong province of China to work on the Panama Railway.

Since the mid-1850s, Chinese immigrants have arrived in Costa Rica to work. From chop suey soup to Cantonese rice, some of Costa Rica’s most popular dishes have Chinese influence. Like most countries in the world, Costa Rica has a lovely Chinese-Costa Rican immigrant community that forms the fabric of Costa Rican gastronomy.

Recipe chicken chop suey