chop suey
or chop sooy
a Chinese-style American dish consisting of small pieces of meat, chicken, etc., cooked together with bean sprouts, onions, mushrooms, or other vegetables and seasoning, in a gravy, often served with rice and soy sauce.
Origin of chop suey
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How to use chop suey in a sentence
On the same block, Northland chop suey, a Chinese restaurant, has been looted at least two times.
Ferguson's Other Race Problem: Riots Damaged Asian-Owned Stores | Tim Mak | August 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHodgson said his first meal behind bars was American chop suey, green beans, and a piece of bread.
Living With Aaron Hernandez: The Murder Suspect’s Troubled Life Off the Field | Christine Pelisek | July 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSit down, my dear, and John Chinaman shall bring you chop suey for lunch.
Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil | Alice B. EmersonPut some well-seasoned cooked rice on a platter, pour over the chop suey and serve very hot.
365 Foreign Dishes | Unknown"Chop-suey sundae," he announced, after a hasty glance at the printed menu.
A Son of the City | Herman Gastrell Seely
To many the elevated railroad was the Rialto, on the stations of which uniformed men sat and made chop suey of your tickets.
The Four Million | O. HenryCork put the wad of money carefully into his pocket, and said: "Come on, Fanny; let's have some chop suey before we go home."
Strictly Business | O. Henry
British Dictionary definitions for chop suey
/ (ˈsuːɪ) /
a Chinese-style dish originating in the US, consisting of meat or chicken, bean sprouts, etc, stewed and served with rice
Origin of chop suey
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