Chop Suey

This turned out SO GOOD!

• 5-6 pork steaks
  


• 1 yellow onion
  


• 3 stalks celery
  


• 8-10 fresh white mushrooms (or 2 small cans of stems and pieces)
  


• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  


• 2 tablespoons butter
  


• 2 cups bean sprouts
  


• 4 tablespoons molasses
  


• 1/3 cup soy sauce
  


• 1 can Swanson chicken broth (I boiled 2cups of water and disolved 1chicken bouillon)
  


• 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
  


• 1/2 cup water
  


• 2 tablespoons cornstarch

Directions:

1. Cut pork into 1/2 inch cubes.
   


2. Slice celery thin on diagonal.
   


3. Slice onion into long slivers.
   


4. Slice mushrooms into small hunks.
   


5. Open cans of broth and bean sprouts.
   


6. Mix corn starch into water.
   


7. Heat oil in dutch oven, add butter and heat until it begins to bubble.
   


8. Add pork cubes; don't stir for approximately 2 minutes to permit the pork to brown.
   Stir and add onion, celery, then mushrooms.
   


9. Sprinkle in white pepper.
   


10. Let cook over medium heat, stirring often, until celery and onion slivers are tender.
    


11. Add chicken broth, soy sauce and bean sprouts.
    


12. Now add the molassas, and stir.
    


13. Taste for proper balance of sweet and salt flavor, adding more soy sauce or more molassas to balance flavor.
    


14. Cover pot and simmer for at least an hour.
    


15. remove cover and let simmer slowly for about 20 minutes.
    


16. When pork is totally tender, and you have the proper sweet/salt flavor, mix corn starch into water and add to pot.
    


17. Bring up heat just to the boil while stirring.
    


18. Lower heat and let "cook" for about 15 minutes.