American chop suey is an American pasta casserole made with ground beef, macaroni and a seasoned tomato sauce, found in the cuisine of New England and other regions of the United States. Despite its name, it has only a very distant relation to the chop suey of Chinese and American Chinese cuisine.
Though this comfort food is influenced by Italian-American cuisine, as well as older New England quick and practical meals like the "potato bargain" and "necessity mess", it is known as "American chop suey" both because it is a sometimes-haphazard hodgepodge of meat, vegetables and Italian seasonings, and because it once used rice, a staple ingredient in Chinese cuisine, instead of pasta.
See also
- American goulash
- Chili mac
- List of pasta dishes
- List of regional dishes of the United States
- Makarony po-flotski