Moms American Chop Suey 1950s Basic Food

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.

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.

MY MOM'S AMERICAN CHOP SUEY

Steps:

• Cook Elbows according to package directions.
• Drain and set aside.
• In a large skillet, brown the hamburg, onion and garlic together until the hamburg is done.
• Drain off the fat, return to skillet and add in the can of tomatoes.
• Add the oregano and salt, bring to a boil and then lower heat to a simmer.
• Let simmer for 30 minutes to blend flavors.
• After 30 minutes, add the elbows to the hamburg mixture and stir to coat.

MOM'S AMERICAN CHOP SUEY (1950'S BASIC)

Steps:

• Clean and dice or chop the veggies as you like.
• Brown ground beef and onion in oil, drain and return to pan.
• Add remaining ingredients except pasta and mix. Simmer and stir.
• Prepare pasta per package, drain.
• Add to ground beef and mix well.
• Simmer 10 - 15 minutes. Add water if needed.
• Tastes even better the next day.

MOM'S AMERICAN CHOP SUEY

Steps:

• In a large sauté pan brown the hamburger until done, then drain the grease well.
• Add the green pepper, onion, mushrooms if using and the tomato soup and mix well, bring to a boil then simmer while pasta is cooking.
• Cook pasta to desired tenderness, then drain well.
• Combine the hamburger and tomato soup mixture well and enjoy.
• This is total comfort food for me and it brings back memories of my mother in the kitchen. My whole family loved this.
• NOTE: This makes a lot because you can freeze some for later when you are in a hurry and need to make something quick.

MOM'S AMERICAN CHOP SUEY

Steps:

• Heat water to cook spaghetti; then cook al dente and drain Brown meat, onion& green pepper; drain.
• Put spaghetti back into pot.
• To spaghetti pot, add drained chop meat mixture, 2 cans of tomato soup, 2 soup cans water, salt& pepper. Cook on medium until heated through stirring so it doesn't stick.
• This is how mom did it.
• I add alittle cayenne, but that's about it.
• I don't want to change it too much.
• I like the old fashioned memories.
• Kids like this meal.

AMERICAN CHOP SUEY (AKA - ESCALLOPED MACARONI)

Steps:

• Cook elbow macaroni as directed on package. Drain.
• In a large skillet, over medium heat, cook hamburg, breaking up as it cooks, till browned.
• Saute' onions and add to hamburg.
• Add remaining ingredients and continue to cook until all ingredients are combined and hot.
• Put elbows into a large serving bowl and pour hamburg/tomato mixture over them. Mix well and serve with crusty Italian bread.
• NOTE: Optional ingredients: green peppers, chopped.
• mushrooms.