This hamburger chop suey is a throwback comfort food recipe that is easy to make but also a little different. Just try it, you’ll love it!
I am still working through the giant catalog of my mom’s recipes. I first started with the ones she had made copies of for me when I left for college, but after my most recent trip to Maryland we found even more! Literally four boxes of recipes cards. I actually discovered the origin to a couple of her more frequently made recipes and a couple others written in short hand which were neat.
Now I have even more recipes to work through. And I am totally digging these retro, minimal ingredient, few step recipes. I’ve not felt particularly inspired in the kitchen lately and many of these recipes are comforting on many levels, so I find myself drawn to them more than ever.
This hamburger chop suey doesn’t seem to appear in any of my memories, but given that it has chow mein noodles I am sure she made it for my brother and I at some point. It’s totally her style too, combining unsuspecting ingredients into something delicious. According to the internet, it can also be another name for goulash and has Italian-American origins. All I know is that this is most definitely not that.
The original recipe calls for a can of mushrooms, but since neither Bob nor I like mushrooms we substituted that for chickpeas. We also added a bit of broccoli to pump up the vegetable content a bit more. And finally we spiced it up by adding a little chili oil.
One year ago: Strawberry Spinach Salad Pizza
Two years ago: Pesto Chicken Salad
Five years ago: Taco Hummus
Six years ago: Chicken Satay with Spicy Peanut Sauce & Coconut-Ginger Rice
Seven years ago: Homemade Whole Wheat Bread Bowls
Eight years ago: S’mores Puppy Chow
Ten years ago: Banana Foster Cream Pie
Source: Adapted slightly from a recipe my Mom got in the 1970s while living in Texas – “Jean Jerome Administration”
Did you make this recipe? I want to see!
Tag @THESPIFFYCOOKIE on Instagram and hashtag it #THESPIFFYCOOKIE
1 comment
[…] food like chicken stir fry, Chinese almond chicken, beef lo mein, Thai Coconut Chicken or a chop suey recipe. You can also stir it into soups like chicken noodle or egg drop soup or use it as a base for […]