American Chop Suey
photo by Meredith
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 44.37 ml butter
- 1 medium yellow onion, chopped
- 1 green bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, and chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 453.59 g ground beef
- 4.92 ml dried oregano
- 4.92 ml dried basil
- 2.46 ml ground black pepper
- kosher salt
- 411.06 g can diced tomatoes
- 411.06 g can tomato sauce
- 59.14 ml tomato paste
- 157.80 ml tomato juice
- 0.25 ml sugar
- 453.59 g elbow macaroni
directions
- 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.
Reviews
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Very good comfort food! When my kids were small I used to make a version of this a lot -- enjoyed this version with small changes by using 1 (28 ounce) can tomatoes (instead of canned tomatoes, tomato sauce and tomato paste) and 1 small can of V-8. I also skipped the green pepper and added celery and some frozen peas. This makes lots!!! Thanks for sharing!
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This recipe does make a lot. I followed the recipe exactly but added an equal amount of <br/>chopped celery to go along with the peppers and onions. It came out great and the family<br/>really enjoyed it. I took the left overs and put them in a casserole dish. The next night I sprinkled Mozzarella cheese on top, baked it in the oven and had it again. <br/>It was even better than the night before.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
mersaydees
Bloomington, Indiana