Meaty American Chop Suey Food

AMERICAN CHOP SUEY RECIPE

Steps:

• Prep your veggies by washing your bell pepper, and then chopping your onions and bell pepper into small pieces
• Preheat your frypan and when hot add the oil
• Once the oil is good and hot go ahead and add your ground beef. Make sure to brown the beef to get that great flavor. Remove the ground beef when cooked through.
• Now, get the water boiling for the elbow macaroni. Once the water is boiling add your macaroni and cook until al dente. Strain the water out of the macaroni.Add a little bit of oil to the macaroni elbows to make sure they dont stick.
• In the same frying pan go ahead and saute the onions and peppers. Add more oil if needed.After the onions are translucent go ahead and add the sauce, salt, Italian seasoning and ground beef to the pan. Bring to a boil.After it gets to a boil turn it down to a simmer.
• Now add it all together. Pour the sauce over the cooked elbows and mix it all together.

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.

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).

AMERICAN CHOP SUEY (JUST LIKE MAMA USED TO MAKE)

Steps:

• In a very large skillet, heat the olive oil. Add the chopped celery and cook a few minutes. Add the cut-up green bell pepper, and cook a few more minutes. Add the onion and continue to cook until celery, peppers, and onions are tender, about 5 minutes. Add the minced garlic and mix into the vegetables. Then add the ground beef, breaking up with a wooden spoon. Continue to cook until the ground beef is browned, about another 5 minutes, mixing the beef up with the vegetables. Sprinkle the mixture with the sugar, basil, oregano, and parsley and mix. Add the stewed tomatoes, juices and all. Add salt and pepper, to taste. Let simmer, covered, stirring occasionally.
• Meanwhile, cook the elbow macaroni, according to the directions on box, in a very large saucepan. But, don't overcook. The macaroni should be al dente, because it will continue to cook a little when added to the beef/vegetable mixture. Drain pasta and put back into the large saucepan in which it was cooked.
• Very carefully, add the beef and vegetable mixture, juices and all, to the drained pasta in the large saucepan. Mix well and keep heated, covered, stirring occasionally, on a very low heat.
• When ready to serve, just put the pot of "American Chop Suey" along with bowls in the middle of the table, so everyone can help themselves. Serve with a basket of good Italian bread and butter.

AMERICAN CHOP SUEY

Steps:

• Prepare elbows according to instructions on box.
• In a large skillet, brown beef, along with peppers and onions.
• Drain grease.
• Add elbows and tomato sauce to beef mixture and blend well.
• Top with mozzarella and serve.

AMERICAN CHOP SUEY (PASTA SHELLS WITH MEAT)

Steps:

• (In a large skillet over medium-high heat, cook bacon for about 2 minutes or until it renders enough fat to lightly coat pan.) or just use vegetable oil to coat pan.
• Add garlic, onion, (bell pepper), and Italian seasoning and cook until onion just begins to soften, about 5 minutes.
• Increase heat to high. Add beef(or ground chicken) and saute, breaking up with a wooden spoon , until lightly browned , about 5 minutes.
• Mix in diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, chicken broth, soy sauce and macaroni.
• Bring to a simmer, reduce heat to low, cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until pasta is tender, about 14 minutes.
• Season to taste with Salt and Pepper and enjoy!

BEEF CHOP SUEY

Steps:

• Heat oil in large pot over high heat.
• Brown beef stew meat mixing in cut up onions and celery.
• Add water, soy sauce and beaded molasses.
• Simmer for 3 hours.
• Add bean sprouts and water chestnuts.
• Mix cornstarch and water and add to chop suey, heat until thickens.
• Serve over rice.