How to make Sapasui (Chop Suey)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2016
- At the heart of every island gathering is Samoa's staple dish of choice - Sapasui! Aunty Sarah shares her famous recipe with the Coconet.TV
An island fave!
Easy to make with this simple recipe.
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INGREDIENTS:
Meat: Beef (chuck or rump steak) or chicken (portions or boneless) or Pork.
Vermicelli Noodles (buy in packets)
Garlic
Ginger
Mushroom Soy Sauce.
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INSTRUCTIONS:
Peel & slice onion & garlic
Add oil to the electric fry pan or pot
Cut meat into bite size cubes, add & stir fry with onion & garlic
Peel & crush ginger
Add ginger and enough Mushroom soy sauce to cover the meat then stir & leave to cook for a few minutes.
Soak vermicelli in COLD water to soften & then trim with scissors.
Add Vermicelli and 1 or 2 cups of water
Cover and leave to cook for 5-6 mins
Stir and serve!
ENJOY!
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This what happens when you dont pay attention to when you mom cooks.... You end up looking for tutorials hahah. Love the video 👌🏾👌🏾
Actual 🙈😂 that's why I'm here too lol
Seini Tonga ain’t that the truth 🤦♀️
Oml so true and now my parents too old to cook, and I want sapasui😂😂
HAAHAHAHAHA cant relate
Seini Tonga 🤣🤣🤣🙋🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ dis be me
Love how this lady speaks, fluent English and easy instructions for me to follow. I tried making Sapasui and thank you, it was a hit with my family..xox
She was the perfect Mum for the tutorial. She was so sweet explained everything like as if you were a little kid in the kid in the kitchen watching mum make dinner. All the home feels :)
Fabulous. This video is how I was taught to cook Sapusui, when I was in my mid 20s, (I am 70yrs this Sept); by the mother of a Samoan boyfriend. I am Palangi, and have been making Sapusui since the 1970s! Many Samoan friends & family have praised my chop sui, & tell them how I was taught to cook this by an expert. Loved this video & the Samoan garlic & ginger crusher. LOL.
Can you add red or bell pepper? Celery?
Yes you can☝️
How did this video teach you how to make it over 50 years ago when it only got made 7 years ago
😮@@kandacepatterson7965
@@trellgold6998 I'd say they meant that the method in the video is the same as how they were taught
Samoan mother's. How grateful I am for having a Samoan mother. Their strong love for their kids, husband and family shows in their food. Rich, fulfilling and an endless supply like a buffet 😅. Their dedication to their kids is pure love. I look back at what my mom has done for me and just thank the almighty father in heaven he chose her to be my queen to worship. I cannot comprehend another being in her place. Forever thankful for my samoan mom and all Samoan mom's.
I love how she says my "thats how I make my sapasui" she know people on here gonna be hating
Dallas prevew
Queen D lol
Queen D I noticed that too lol
Queen D e
Always those fiapoko ones 😂
and now, I'm gonna throw in my garlic from my 'samoan garlic crusher' HAHAHAHAHAHA Love it!!! Lea la ua sau ma le mole o le magava fia ai sapasui.
Faafetai lava mo lenei recipe! I have read a few comments pointing out the lack of vegies. I feel, that this wonderful lady is sharing her own take on this Samoan favourite, so it is crude to make remarks on the lack of certain ingredients, when it is definitely up to you to alter the recipe to your choosing.
It's a Samoan dish that basically you can add just about anything. You can use chicken, beef, or pork, which ever meat you want. I've tasted one with pisupo in it, and it's tastes great. Some like vegetables in their sapasui, which is also very tasty. There is no right or wrong way to make sapasui, there are many variations of this dish. But they're all very good. Thank you Aunty for sharing, wish I had smell-a-vision!!!
Right!!! I prefer the lamb chopsuey with mixed veggies 😍😍😍
It’s actually originally an Asian dish
@@tesstickle6035 no,sapasui is not an Asian dish..it was influenced by Chinese when they came to Samoa,and Samoans made their own version of chop suey..so it's actually not an Asian dish..Sapasui is a Samoan dish that was Chinese influenced..not the same thing my my guy 🤦🏻♀️.
@@sillau9 ‘Influenced’: Meaning it’s a take from an original Asian dish. A spin off in which we now consider this as a staple of one of our Islander dishes to date. It’s not like we had a widespread of plantations of vermicelli, garlic and ginger being made and grown in the ancient times that happen to magically appear. If that was the case: then it wouldn’t be just be Samoa, this would mean all of the islands across the Pacific and we would’ve had a plethora of other dishes out of these ingredients and far more relatable dishes. But we don’t. It wouldn’t have, because of the adaptation and climate in our Pacific islands and they’re not traditional Polynesian crops. Those were brought on our shores by the Chinese and then continued to grow and distribute throughout the island. So it’s in the recent past century, that this was introduced because of the Chinese in Samoa and in other neighbouring island countries. Sapasui wasn’t just the only spin-off dishes influenced from them and carried on, however they are more popular in other island nations than in Samoa. So yeah…if it wasn’t for the Chinese coming to our shores. We wouldn’t have Sapasui as an island dish today.
It's not a Samoan dish specifically... Its a Pacific Islander dish cos ALL islanders learn this.
i love islanders , their food,people and culture beautiful, im maori btw.
kathleen galvin Can I nose kiss you? 😀
Slim Jim
Bby
Good food, good fun. I'm in love.
@Robert Reid right..it cracks me up that some Maori's dont realize they're Pacific Islanders/Polynesian themselves 😂🤦🏻♀️
Omg ive been making it wrong 😅 No wonder it never looked this good, she’s the best teacher. Clear & explains everything 🙂
My best friend in the whole world is Samoan, and Sapasui is the one thing he taught me to make that I make all the time. I love it! ♥ Thank you for sharing your recipe with us, Aunty! :) ♥
my sapasui turned out a lot better after I watched your method. can be exactly the same ingredients but it's the way u cook it that makes it a gd sapasui. thank you for telling us your way :)
Watching this as I prep for Mothers Day this Sunday 🤞
I cook my chop suey with Brisket.. my favourite... i slow cook the brisket... before i start to slow cook the brisket, i prep onions, garlic, ginger thyme or basil and brown sugar.. but what i do is cut the brisket up with fat on into small pieces.
Heat up pot on a low to medium heat.. add oil... meat, thyme or basil and brown sugar for 35 mins
I add onions, garlic and ginger etc...
I've used this recipe ever since I came across it, and has been a success every time. Thanks so much for sharing.
What an elegant lady you are. I love the way you laughed. Thank you for sharing
I grew up on Tongan Sapasui. Never had one without any vegetables in it but maybe that's where the two differ? A lot of cultures have some sort of variation of rice noodle stir fry. My mother would've seared the meat with matchstick carrots and celery. I remember always trying to get as many carrots as I could before getting smacked. 🤭 This looks good too! Best thing I love about Sapasui is how every aunty's Sapasui is different and good. Then I tried the Korean kind. Chap chae. Bigger noodles. Served cold. AWE Man! Never met a Sapasui I didn't like!
I like a little bit of mixed vege. Its kinda like a pie, you dont really notice it but its nice to have
Vegetables do not belong in chop suey. Samoans do it best
I have started making my sapasui just like this now & my family absolutely love it. Thank you😊
Thank you so much for this. Now I have sapasui fever because I've made it twice SUCCESSFULLY since watching this last Thursday lol
Lila Vagana I feel confident making it afda watching this too.lol so many fail attempts in the past.
Have cooked about 6 times, each a success!😁
All Natty Brah
I'm Samoan but nevet made sapasui in my life! Its so simple the way you did it and i will try it also with plenty of beef. I may add a little chopped carrots as well. To me beef is best! Malo lava! Mahalo nui loa!
so different to how tongans make sapasui but i stil love the way Samoans make it💞👌
Could you please explain the differences? I am interested
teisi koli Samoans probably make it weird
True that
How do Tongans make sapasui?
I need the Tongan recipe!🌺
I love that everybody's favourite chop suey is the one they were bought up on, usually your own mama's 🤗
This looks delicious 😍🤗
Yummmm 🥰😋😋 I’m East Timorese born in Sydney Australia, I grew up around a lot Samoan, Tongan and Fijian friends. I call them family because we all have similar foods that we were all raised with. Food brings culture and people together. Makes us feel united. I absolutely love this video, I am definitely going to try cooking chop sui 😍 thank you for the delicious recipe. 😋👌🏾 p.s I love how she uses her “Samoan crusher” 🙈
im a chilean ,,south american guy living in australia and i love pacific islanders food...keep posting videos like this one...saludos
Having grown up with making chop suey every Sunday for lunch, I thought the way I did it was the way everyone did it. It was only a few years ago that I saw how different my Aunty made hers, I was blown away that everybody has a different way of doing chop suey. Great tutorial and loved her humor 😀 👍👍👍
Reminds me of home. Need more of this wonderful lady and her Samoan dishes please 😊😊😊😊
May the Good Lord bless your hands for making this and may he bless your heart for teaching us. Going to attempt this, and finally master it! 😍
This is brilliant. Really clear instructions and easy for a Palangi to make
I had never made chop suey in my life lol but I made a big pot of chop suey for my grandma's funeral, I just made it from just how I saw her make it and everyone was so shocked because it came out sooo GOOD!!!!! LOL 😗😗😗😗 I was shocked myself lol I make mine with pisupo (corned beef ) or chopped meat like this, your chop suey looks Delicious!!!
I am watching this while lying in bed getting ready to moe, now...Hungry much for sapasui 😩😩
Moms cooking is ALWAYS THE BEST!!!...❤️
I admire this beautiful mom and her style of cooking sapasui. At first I gasped at the soysauce volume but it looked wonderful in the end. I do 50/50 soy & oyster sauce and add cubed carrots, corn and peas. I will certainly give her method a go one day, and that garlic crusher is just awesome.
Yuuuuuuuuuuum 😋 I'm not Samoan, but I'm so happy I have Samon friends that make food like this 😂❤️
This is exactly how we make our Sapasui ((: im Rotuman btw
For anyone who wants to know the songs played in the video;
1. La’u Samoa by Marina davis
2. Mamalu o Samoa by Pacific soul
Thank you for mentioning the songs being played. Just love those Samoan Songs. Fafetai Lava. From Cali.
Made this for fathers day lunch today - as had been looking for a 'fool proof' recipe, substituted beef for chicken, and mannn it turned out amazing! All other attempts prior to this were flavourless and lacked 'love' LOL. Thank you so much for this recipe, it literally took me less than half an hour :) God Bless you all
It reminds me how my dear dad made our Sapasui when I was a child. He used the bottle to bash his garlics like this lady here and the chunky garlic was always soft to eat in the Sapasui. Great job 👍🏼👍🏼
I've never had chop suey before.
Im a chef, i went to a friends 50th on the weekend and they had the most outstanding table of islander food. Had to try and replicate so fiund this video. Bloody awesome thank you so much
WOW she did a WONDERFUL and an EXCELLENT JOB!!! I have never made sapasui before and now after watching her video I'm going to make it tomorrow. She made it so easy to understand. She basically walked you through the whole thing. Out of the hundreds of Samoan cooking videos I've watched, this one is by far the BEST and my favorite!!! Fa'afetai fa'afetai fa'afetai tele lava!!!
What a lovely woman. She reminds me of family. I love this video. Thank you.
The best sapsui video on TH-cam by far. lol if it's not dark it's not chop suey.lol
Thank you!!! I followed your method & I love it.. So good!! Now I don't have to pay my Samoan friends to make it lol
Samoan crusher 😂 I’m from Tuvalu and I loooove the Samoan sapasui! So yum! This video has me craving sapasui 😂
But off course you'll love it, its bad for you!
I've made Sapasui and Chop Suey my entire life, it has been and continues to be a favourite in my home. Although my family loves my cooking and the cooking of my father who taught me, I'm always looking to improve my recipe and technique. Thank you for this video, what a joy to watch, I definitely picked up some tips 😉😁👍
Looks delicious and I just love your accent. Thank you for sharing
I used to make chop suey when my Samoan husband was alive but havent made it for years.. now my son wants me to make a huge amount for fundraising. I found your video.. really good.. I learnt a few new things too.. eg.. soaking noodles in cold water, not hot water. great video.
I just made this and omg its delicious ! I feel like im back home with mum and dad 😍😍
I’m a pakeha was married to a Tongan man I just LOVE Chop Suey it’s so delicious! This was a great tutorial !
OMG. This is so easy and delicious to make. I made it for the first time and you know its good when your kids will eat it. I alternated with standard soy sauce and sweet soy sauce. Thanks for posting this video x
I'm Māori but my sister married a Samoan so since I was about 11 years old ive been eating Sapasui and only recently decided to learn how to cook it, Im almost there, I use 2 different types of Soy sauce, ginger, garlic, onion, mixed veg, chicken and beef, I also over season the meat with chicken & beef stock powder, garlic & ginger salt, but I needed to get the consistency and texture right and that dark brown colour which Im.prettt sure I'll get right after watching this.
Thank you for sharing this! My family was impressed when I brought sapasui to the potluck❤ followed this recipe and they said taste so good
Yummy! Fa’afetai Tina🙌🏽❤️ Makes me homesick watching this clip🇳🇿🇼🇸
Thank you Aunty Sarah for sharing this wonderful video with us. I can't wait to try it.
reminds me of my mother. oh how I miss her dearly!!! she is the best cook ever!!! rejoice peacefully mommy!!!
Made this for dinner. Family absolutely loved it and I have the fussiest kids you could ever meet. Thankyou for your beautiful recipe. Look forward to more.
Yuuummm! I watched this video, then got MEGA hungry for chop suey (currently 38+ weeks pregnant!) Sooo I went & bought the ingredients to make some right now!! Lol
Did it turned out good?
I'm super confident on cooking sapasui now. This tutorial was clear and easy to follow. I will use pork belly for my sapasui. Faafetai lava for sharing. Alofa aku from the Kingdom ❤
What a fresh way to improvise. Love it
Thank you so much. I grew up in NY (by Canada) with a Samoan family in my community. Mrs.
Ho-Ching would make Chop Suey for parties and BBQs. I have always been interested in making this dish myself as an adult and you have made it look so easy. I can't wait to try this out. thank you so much for posting!!
Didn't know it was so simple 👌
Watching from New Zealand. Beatiful dish. Thankyou for sharing this recipe. 👍👍👍
Yummmmm. Just how I remember it!!!!
Mushroom soy is also very nice. Some people use pork. Mum always used beef, but recently I use minced meat for my elderly dad and his lack of teeth, it's his favorite dish as well as chow mein, he is Irish but loves everything Samoan
Thank you for the upload. I can smell it now. 👌🏾
That looks SO good! I just wanna hug her!
Hehe thanks for the giggles 💖 Making this Chop Suey for dinner tonight 👍🏼 This video makes me miss my Island family so much!
Such a beautiful presentation and a great tip with the vermicelli...Off to buy some taro now to go with my chop suey yyyyum.
Thank you lady. I'm going to try it. I love it with beef cuts and corn beef too.
that looks amazing! thanks for sharing it with us.
Much Love.
By far one of the better sapasui videos out there.. yum!! i love the samoan crusher 😂 best a le SAMOAN KRUSSHEEERRR.. thank you Ms. Vaega for the receipe :)
Bula vinaka! Thank you aunty my wife's samoan so I'm gonna try suprise her by cooking sapasui
Kia ora, thank you aunty for the recipe, loved this when I was younger, often had it. Now I am 36 and have not had this for many years. Will cook this tonight now :)
Damn the good old days of living in porirua...good food good people, islanders gotta love em eh :) awesome vid thanks for the time to show us how to make it
Judge Dredd Malo uso! Glad our culture is shared with others that get good memories from it.
Great background music 🤘🏽...oh yeah i love the Samoan version chop suey...looks delicious🤤
Thank you-this looks sooooo good. I'm going to make it. Love yr easy instruction. Talofa!
omg! i just made my first chop suey and followed your instructions. yum yum yum! love your video 👌👌👌❤❤❤❤
Love ❤️ your tutorial.. using simple ingredients only and looks Amazing 🙌🏼.. will try this soon, Thank you 🌺
Wife asked me to cook sapasui tonite and here I am looking on YT on how to cook it. So demonstration looks simple and I'm gonna surprise my wife on my new found skill..LOL!
Looks Delicious ! I luv beef Chopsuey !
Wow that's amazing and look like yummy mam
Thanks for sharing
what a success and my kids love it. Thank you for sharing and now my family has asked that i make this every Sunday
Thank you for the video now we know how to make real chop suey, easy instructions to follow. Beautiful music to cook to as well. Big thumbs up!
Great video so happy to have learnt how to make sapasui ! Just magic I love the food so much island food and culture
I most definitely will be buying a large pot and having a go !
God bless 🌴🙋❤️
Yummy👍👏👏
My mouth is salivating just by watching the end result😁
Malò fa'afetai lava🙏🌺😁
Mmmmm, get in my mouth! Yum ♥️🇦🇸🇼🇸
going to finally make this myself. thank you..great video
I just followed this recipe and it’s so goood!! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Now I can make my own instead of waiting for my friend to do it.
I followed this and it turned out really good thank you so much Aunty remind me of my mum Praise God ❤❤❤
That lookz very delish..exactly wat iwas looking for easy and silky..yumm best sapa sui so far💙💙
😋 yummy thank you for sharing your beautiful recipe I still need to master it so my kids watch your video and tell me what I’m doing wrong 😂 great family time 💕love it.
I love you!!!! THANK YOU!!!! I love this dish but butchered the recipe when I tried it myself!!!
YUMMY, YUMMY, YUMMY. Make me hungry for CHOP SUEY. If you made it for 10 peoples make sure made it for 100 peoples. Looking so delicious.
That looks delicious! Thank you Sister
It's been 30 years since I last ate Shop Soy (Cook Is pronunciation) on Aitutaki, but they used tinned corned beef because it was cheap and readily available. The mixture was always served cold. Today I indulged myself with a t-corned beef sandwich, and will move on to making Sapasui another day. Thank you for posting this lovely video.
My mama from aitutaki and she uses cornbeef too for chopsuey
I love ❤️😘 the way she made her Chop Suey. Well done 👍👍✅✅💖💖. And I like the way she speaks ! Beautiful 💖❤️ English . Fantastic !!Great Sapasui Yandall. Malo lava. Take Care 💖💖 and GB.
I will cook this next week for my family and grandkids 🤙🌺👋…thank you for sharing
This is the first time I found this web-page and thanks very much for sharing I love it
Ok, am in love with this lady.