Sapasui from Samoa

  Sapasui is a typical dish in Samoa, the dish is a witness of the history of the country.

Sapasui was introduced by Chinese workers who arrived from the southern provinces of China to work in the 19th-century German Samoa. The Chinese were prohibited from mixing with the island's inhabitants, but despite this, marriages with Samoans emerged, and little by little, this Chinese-origin dish became part of Samoan culture.

It is an economical and very simple dish, a way to use leftovers. It is made with very thin transparent noodles called glass noodles or cellophane noodles.

These noodles are mixed with meat, which can be beef, pork, or chicken, along with vegetables, mainly cabbage and carrots.

Ingredients:

- 500 grams of meat.

- 1 package of glass, vermicelli or cellophane noodles.

- 1 onion.

- 3 tablespoons of soy sauce.

- 3 carrots.

- 1/2 cabbage.

- 2 garlic cloves.

- Pepper.

Method:

1- Cut the carrots into slices and the garlic and onion into julienne strips.

2- Remove the central part of the cabbage and cut the rest into stripes.

3- Sautée the onion and garlic.

4- Add the carrot and continue cooking until the carrot is soft.

5- Add the cabbage and cook for some minutes.

6- Add the meat cut into littles pieces and cook until the meat is done. Add pepper but do not add salt, the soy will give the salty taste later.

7- Put some water to a boil , add the soy sauce. Once the water reaches the boiling point add the noodles and cook for 10 minutes.

8- Add the noodles to the casserole with the cabbage and meat, you can also add some of the broth.

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