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About the Recipe: The updated recipe has a mild taste so add more peppers if you enjoy a spicy kick. When processed canned foods became available, Chinese vegetables were added and even crunchy Chow Mein noodles were served. This recipe lets you enjoy a flashback trip when America first starting learning to serve Chinese food for dinner. The recipe’s flavor is mild but delicious. You can always increase the amount of meat used and add spicy chili oil if desired.
A Depression Favorite Recipe 1933 – American Style- Chop Suey
It was the world of 1933…. there wasn’t time for people to sit down and weep when things went wrong. It was everyone’s job to keep the family out of debt, maintaining the balance between money earned and money spent. Depression dinners were designed with what was available, and cooks learned to be inventive.
One recipe surfaced to offer a world of dreams – a trip to the other side of the world –A copy of this recipe was printed in the A&P supermarket ads offering Chop Suey – American Style. It was a recipe which most cooks made and even designed their way. The first recipe used only onions and celery, but when canned Chinese vegetables and Chinese crunchy noodles in the late 1940’s were introduced, many home cooks added them to the original recipe.
Cook’s Note: For the original 1933 American Style Chop Suey recipe –
see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iOtXZSbaOk
https://www.gloriagoodtaste.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Chop-Suey-American-Style-1933.pdf
Suggested Serving: Place cooked rice on a large serving bowl, spoon chop suey over rice. Sprinkle sliced green onions and sesame seeds over chop suey as desired. Garnish with celery leaves and serve with crunchy Chow Mein noodles.
Serves: 4
pdf for Copy of Recipe – America’s Chop Suey from 1946 – 1950
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