What is "chop suey"

Chop suey \Chop su"ey\ or Chop sooy \Chop soo"y\ . [Chin. (Cantonese) shap sui odds and ends, fr. shap for sap to enter the mouth + sui small bits pounded fine.] A m['e]lange served in Chinese restaurants to be eaten with rice, noodles, etc. It consists typically of bean sprouts, onions, mushrooms, etc., and sliced meats, fried and flavored with sesame oil. [U. S.]

1885, American English, from Chinese (Cantonese dialect) tsap sui "odds and ends, mixed bits."

n. 1 (context US English) A stir-fried vegetable dish, served with pieces of beef or pork in a semi-thick sauce, and often soy sauce. 2 (context Canada and British English) Steamed bean sprouts served in a semi-thick sauce, and mixed with a choice of meat and/or vegetables.

n. meat or fish stir-fried with vegetables (e.g., celery, onions, peppers or bean sprouts) seasoned with ginger and garlic and soy sauce; served with rice; created in the United States and frequently served in Chinese restaurants there

Chop suey (; ) is a dish in American Chinese cuisine and other forms of overseas Chinese cuisine, consisting of meat (often chicken, fish, beef, prawns, or pork) and eggs, cooked quickly with vegetables such as bean sprouts, cabbage, and celery and bound in a starch-thickened sauce. It is typically served with rice but can become the Chinese-American form of chow mein with the addition of stir-fried noodles.

Chop suey has become a prominent part of American Chinese cuisine, Filipino cuisine, Canadian Chinese cuisine, German Chinese cuisine, Indian Chinese cuisine, and Polynesian cuisine. In Chinese Indonesian cuisine it is known as cap cai (雜菜, "mixed vegetables") and mainly consists of vegetables.

Chop suey is a dish in American Chinese cuisine.

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Chop Suey ( 1929) is a painting by Edward Hopper. The foreground of the work portrays two women in conversation at a restaurant.

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