Gloria, the end product sounds remarkably such as the Chop Suey my Mother made.
Same period of time.
We butchered our very own beef, so I am unsure what cut she used,
I know she used only beef.
Reduce bite sized pieces, like stew meat.
I do not think she experienced as numerous steps while you describe.
She browned the beef,
Added water, simmered,
then added celery, onions,
Chop Suey vegetables.
Soy sauce, unsure associated with a other seasonings.
I believe she did apply certain bead molasses.
Unsure if she used individual bean sprouts, bamboo shoots, etc,
Or perhaps a can mixed.
Nor did she thicken the sauce.
She offered it over grain, using the Chow Mein noodles on the top.
I'm able to almost duplicate it, although not quite.
I additionally remember my total surprise the very first time I purchased Chop Suey inside a restaurant.
(Eating at restaurants wasn't something we did in those days.
Unless of course we visited Woolworth's on the shopping day
for any hot roast beef or roast pork sandwich).
Did not bear the remotest resemblace to my Mother's dish.
What recollections you've stirred up. )
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Really, American Chop Suey is certainly not like Chinese Chop Suey, that is what your recipe is. American Chop Suey is really a Colonial dish with hamburger, spaghetti sauce or tomato sauce, chopped onions/celery in most cases elbow macaroni. It's often offered having a kitchen (chopped) salad and also of slices of white-colored bread and butter.
Thank you for reminding me, I'm going to allow it to be, it is a great comfort food for me personally.
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momj47 is completely correct. I attempted recipe after recipe until I discovered the right concoction which i remember from the childhood becoming an adult in Maine. Marjorie Standish in her own Downeast Cooking (1969) has it perfectly. I'll happily type in the recipe if you're interested. hamburger, tomato soup (undiluted) a little bit of onion and elbows which is done!
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Ashley loves chop suey, I have always managed to get with round steak since i grow my very own beef and round is one thing I do not use a lot of. I saute the onions and celery within the pressure oven, add some beef and a few broth. Prepare twenty minutes so beef is tender. Take away the lid, give a can of chop suey vegeetables and also the soy sauce. Ashley likes me to stir in certain corn starch slurry to really make it a little thicker, I have never added molasses but it's wise.
Offered over grain, with individuals crunchy chow mein noodles.
Gloria, yours sounds nearly the same as mine, but mine is incorporated in the pressure oven!
Which American Chop Suey? That's strictly regional, here should you mix hamburger, tomato plants, onions, macaroni, you receive goulash. The concoction Gloria described is American Chop Suey here.
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Rusty -
The very first time I chose to make this - I added the celery in the initial step but everything switched to mush. I do not mind the garlic clove and onions disintegrating simply because they still add flavor towards the broth. I just use just a little soy sauce in the initial step and also the chicken or beef base replaces salt so use as you would employ salt.
It may be the bead molasses that add some sweetness the grandkids love! It's a different of chop suey and also you will not think it is anywhere except in your own home. My buddy eats out a great deal - but, hasn't stumbled upon a chop suey like mother accustomed to make!!
Generally, use two times just as much soy to bead molasses.
The crew (nine people) can be used for supper tomorrow. I believe I'll obtain a jump and prepare the pork steaks today.
Rusty - where do you consider our moms got this recipe? Good Housekeeping or Gloria Crocker? I'm going to lookup some old cookbooks.
If you discover a recipe - tell me.
I am thrilled you remember 'chop suey' such as this.
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Found this in mother's old cook book and remembeered eating it within the 60's I managed to get and it definately is a great time in the past, tastes much like I recall it!
ATOMIC CHOP SUEY
1 Pound Hamburger
1 Medium Onion, finely minced
2 Cloves Garlic clove, minced
1 Can Cream of Celery Soup
1 Can Cream of Chicken Soup
1 Cup Boiling Water
3 Cans Mixed Oriental Vegetables, drained
° Cup Soy Sauce
Pepper and salt to taste
Cooked White-colored Grain
Inside a large skillet, brown the Hamburger, add Onions and Garlic clove, prepare until Onion is translucent. Add some Soups and also the Water, stir to produce sauce. Add Soy Sauce. Stir in Vegetables and reheat gradually, you don°t wish to over prepare the Vegetables. Taste to fix seasonings. Serve with White-colored Grain and extra Soy Sauce. Garnish with Chow Mein Noodles.
Soy Sauce should say 1/4 cup, not the symbol which comes up.
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That American Chop Suey with tomato sauce? I'm not really acquainted with that version. However it seems like the recipe which was around the box of Creamettes cut spaghetti or could it have been around the tomato soup can. You browned the beef and onions, give a can of tomato soup, the macaroni and a few water. It was known as hamburger tomato hotdish within Minnesota.
The chop suey I'm acquainted with is within a brown sauce that resembles chow mein sauce.
Now I am dreaming about chow mein in the Nankin restaurant. It had been essential visit destination for those who travelled to Minneapolis. It opened up in 1919 and closed in 1999. Once in a while you will see articles or blurb within the newspaper about this. The newest was This summer 2010. Apparently there's another restaurant which has now duplicated the Nankin's famous chicken subgum chow mein. District offered postcards and souveniers. The area am nostalgic it has it's own Facebook page.
My last taste of the pork chop suey was yesterday they closed. (sigh)
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It was my mother's recipe from those years. Then subsequent recipes from cookbooks from those years. -Grainlady
Hamburger Chop Suey
2 c. celery, thin slices
1/2 c. onion, sliced
1 lb. hamburger
1 T. fat or oil
2 T. corn starch
1-1/2 c. water (or water from sprouts)
1 beef bouillon cube
1/4 c. soy sauce
1 16-oz. can bean sprouts
Chow Mein Noodles
Prepare celery, onion and hamburger in hot fat in large frypan about a few minutes until meat starts to brown.
Blend corn starch with water and stir into beef mixture. Add bouillon cube and soy sauce.