For Supper We Had What I Call the Americanized Version of Chop Suey, and Another Rhapsody Video

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For supper I made something we called chop suey when I was young. Why my mom called it that I don't know as it it probably far from the Chinese version. It takes chicken, or turkey cooked and shredded. We always had this as a way to have turkey leftovers after Thanksgiving. I used boneless chicken thighs, which I cooked and then pulled apart. It also takes chopped celery and onion. I think my mom used to add small pieces or julienne'd carrots, but I didn't add any of those. If you have drippings from the turkey that can be included and either add water or broth. After cooking that all together until the celery and onion are tender it needs to be thickened. You can use whatever method you use to thicken gravy. I grew up using corn starch rather than flower. I still use corn starch because it doesn't leave lumps. If using corn starch for the first time begin with either cold milk or cold water in a small bowl., about 1/2 cup. I don't measure, I just use a spoon and spoon out a couple of heaping amounts of the corn starch into the cold milk or water and mix well. How much is needed is dependent on how much broth you have in your pot/pan. Whisk that into your pan which should be at a boil or semi-boil. Let it cook a bit to see whether that's enough to thicken it. If not, put more water/milk into your bowl and add more corn starch. I've yet to find the happy medium. But, if it doesn't thicken the first time I don't want it to take too long and would rather just add more corn starch than doing it a third time. If it becomes too thick you can always add more broth or water. I don't know that I always season it, but I did this time with pepper, all purpose seasoning, which is salt free, some rosemary, dried basil and whatever else suits your fancy. I think it needs a bit of salt, or maybe seasoned salt. Usually I serve this over rice, but we've not been eating all our pasta so instead I cooked up some medium shells. I used a lot more meat this time than ever before and it was good. The picture will be posted from my phone once I post this discussion from my desktop. My friend that walks with me shared a link of yet another version of the music for the Bohemian Rhapsody. I thought I'd share it with this post.