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Chop suey

noun

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.

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... in the U. S. who washed clothes, and made chop suey until he had enough money to return to his native land, purchase a few ...

— Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date - Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be • Anonymous

... 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

... that Chicago is a bum town, and yet in Emporia they look upon it as a Mecca of pleasure. The only pleasure I ever got there was trying to analyze the smells from the stock yards. They don't eat anything in Chicago but chop suey. Did you ever shoot any of that junk into your system? Them can have it that likes it; but never again for muh. You get it in a little dish, and the blooming stuff smells as if it was some relation to a poultice; you eat it and then go ...

— The Sorrows of a Show Girl • Kenneth McGaffey

Words linked to "Chop suey" : dish