In a large, heavy pot (such as a Dutch oven) heat the olive oil over medium heat. can water chestnuts, drained well and coarse choppedģ large chicken breasts, cooked completely and cut into bite size chunksĨ sesame seed buns, warmed and lightly buttered ~ an excerpt from The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barryġ4.4 oz can mung bean sprouts, drained wellĨ oz. “You want to come along?” He always asked. “You and your chop suey sandwiches,” she said.
After that I’m stopping at The Willows for a chop suey sandwich.” He stood up from the deck chair and stretched his legs. We had them for lunch and dinner yesterday! Everyone loved them! Other than that, these are what I would imagine, pretty close to the real deal. I buttered the warmed buns, and used the pre-fried chow mein noodles you can purchase in the Asian food aisle at your grocery market to make the recipe a bit simpler.
I guess I don’t know if the sandwiches at The Willows have meat on them or not, because I’ve never been there…but mine do! I changed up the spices a bit, and added a tiny bit more cornstarch so the broth surrounding the chop suey ingredients would be more gravy like. In my opinion a chop suey sandwich should have meat on it because the definition of chop suey is… “A Chinese-style dish of meat stewed and fried with bean sprouts, bamboo shoots, and onions, and often served with rice.” The recipes I found were meat free. I just had to make these sandwiches! I did tweak the recipe a bit. I looked up The Willows online and it’s a real place! I even found a couple websites with the recipe. One of the main characters, Rafferty, frequents a place in Salem, called Salem Willows, for their chop suey sandwiches. When I was vacationing on Lake Superior’s north shore with my family this past autumn I read a beautiful book by Brunonia Barry called The Lace Reader. I find that I do this often, and decided to start documenting my literary food adventures…beginning with these Chop Suey Sandwiches. A few days ago I asked my facebook readers if they had ever created a dish that was inspired by a book they had read.
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