Denises American Chop Suey Recipes

AMERICAN CHOP SUEY

Steps:

• In large pot over medium heat melt butter. Add onion and bell pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 5 minutes. Stir in garlic for about 1 minute. Stir in ground beef and cook, stirring and breaking up meat chunks with a spoon. Cook until meat is done, about 7 minutes until no longer pink. Toss herbs and pepper over the meat mixture, add salt to taste, and stir until well mixed.
• Add canned tomatoes with their juices, tomato sauce, tomato paste, and tomato juice. Add sugar to taste. Simmer gently while you prepare the pasta.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil over high heat. Add macaroni and cook until al dente, stirring occasionally. Drain the macaroni and add to the chop suey.
• Serve hot.

MIMI'S AMERICAN CHOP SUEY

Steps:

• Cook the macaroni till done, but not overdone.
• Heat a skillet and fry hamburg and onion will done.
• Add the tomato sauce and tomato soup; mix well.
• Add the marcaroni.
• Heat and serve.

AMERICAN CHOP SUEY

Steps:

• In a large skillet, brown the beef with the celery and onion until the onion is tender. Add the tomatoes and spaghetti and heat, stirring all together. Serve with garlic bread and a dinner salad if desired. SO easy!

AMERICAN CHOP SUEY

Steps:

• In a medium pot (large pot if you double the recipe)add the onion and cook until translucent.
• Add the bacon and cook until the bacon is slightly browned, DO NOT DRAIN, that is where the flavor comes from.
• Add the ground beef and cook until browned.
• Add the crushed tomatoes along with one equal can of water and mix very well gently.
• Allow to come to a slight boil then turn heat down to medium low.
• Cook for 3 hours, stirring every 20 to 30 minutes uncovered.

SIMPLE AMERICAN CHOP SUEY

Steps:

• Boil elbow macaroni until just under cooked or al dente and drain.
• Chop onion and green pepper.
• Brown ground beef in a skillet with chopped onion and green pepper. Do not drain all of the grease. It brings out a lot of flavor.
• Combine macaroni, beef mixture, tomato soup, tomato sauce, and diced tomatoes in large pot.
• Simmer on very low heat and add salt, pepper, and other spices to taste. I add a little bit of garlic powder and italian seasoning for more flavor.
• Serve immediately or store for later.

AMERICAN CHOP SUEY (1958)

Steps:

• Drain mushrooms and reserve about 1/4 cup of juice.
• Heat oil in a large skillet.
• Add beef, onion and celery, and saute until lightly browned.
• Add bean sprouts, consomme and mushrooms.
• Mix cornstarch with reserved mushroom liquid until smooth.
• Stir into beef mixture.
• Cook, stirring, for 10 minutes.
• Stir in soy sauce.

AMERICAN CHOP SUEY

Steps:

• 1. Heat the butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onion and bell pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, for about 1 minute. Then add the ground beef and continue to cook, stirring and breaking up the chunks of meat with a spoon. Cook until the meat is no longer pink, about 7 minutes. Sprinkle the herbs and pepper over the meat, add salt to taste, and mix in well.
• 2. Add the canned tomatoes with their juices, the tomato sauce, paste, and juice. Add sugar to taste. Simmer while you cook the pasta.
• 3. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the macaroni and cook, stirring occasionally, until al dente. Drain. Mix the macaroni into the chop suey. Serve hot.

AMERICAN CHOP SUEY

Steps:

• Mix ingredients in skillet.
• Do NOT saute' or cook veggies first or you will get mush.
• Season with seasoning salt or salt and pepper to taste.
• Cover, and leave on highheat until food begins to steam and you see steam coming out from under the lid.
• Turn off heat and leave on burner for 1 hours.
• Do not lift cover during cooking period.

DENISE'S AMERICAN CHOP SUEY

Steps:

• Cook macaroni according to package directions.
• Spray a large skillet with a cooking spray like pam.
• Add about two tablespoons Olive Oil.
• Brown the ground beef.
• Add the peppers, onions, celery, garlic and mushrooms and continue to cook till vegetable are almost tender.
• Add the tomato soup, diced tomatoes, wine and the spices.
• Simmer for about 20 minutes.
• Drain cooked macaroni and place in a large bowl.
• pour the tomato mixture over the macaroni and mix well.
• Serve with lots of freshly grated Parmesan cheese.

AMERICAN CHOP SUEY

Steps:

• Fill a large stock pot with water, salt it and set it to boil
• Heat a medium stock pot on medium heat, add olive oil and heat that up
• Add onion and pepper and sauté for 10 minutes, stirring every few minutes, add garlic and sauté for 2 additional minutes. Take off heat and set aside
• Add elbows to boiling water and cook for 8 minutes (or until they are done), but as you're doing that. . .
• Heat a large sauté pan on medium, add 1 tablespoon olive oil and add ground beef and break up to little pieces. Add oregano, basil, parsley, salt and Worcestershire sauce. Sauté for 5 - 8 minutes
• Add the tomatoes to vegetable mixture
• Add ground beef to tomato mixture
• Drain elbows and dump them in a large stock pan
• Add the tomato-meat mixture in with the elbows and mix until incorporated
• Serve
• Eat
• Smile
• Enjoy

MEATY AMERICAN CHOP SUEY

Steps:

• In a large pan with olive oil, saute onions and red peppers until tender.
• Crumble ground beef, add to pan, cook until done.
• Once done, drain any excess fat using a colander.
• Once drained, place back in pan.
• Crush whole tomatoes and add to ground beef mixture.
• Add tomato paste and water and stir.
• Stir in salt, pepper, garlic powder, basil, oregano, and sugar. (adjust seasoning amounts according to your tastes).
• Let simmer for 1 hour.
• Cook pasta according to package directions.
• Once cooked, drain and add to meat/sauce mixture.
• Stir until pasta in well coated and serve immediately.
• (For added flavor, top individual serving with parmesan cheese).