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american chop suey done still in skillet

American Chop Suey

Claudia
This easy to make recipe for American Chop Suey, may very well rival the best you have ever had.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 35 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 50 minutes
Course Dinner, kids meal, pasta dish
Cuisine American
Servings 6
Calories 361 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 ½ pound ground beef or any ground meat 85% lean works best
  • 1 yellow onion medium sized
  • 1 green pepper large
  • 28 ounce crushed tomato canned
  • 1 teaspoon dried basil
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon pepper
  • 1 pound pasta

Instructions
 

Prepare Ingredients

  • Chop the green pepper and onion

Cooking Instructions

  • Warm a heavy bottomed skillet on medium high heat. Do not add oil unless you are using 90% ground beef or a similar lean ground meat. In that case add a couple of tablespoons of olive oil to the skillet.
  • Break up large chunks of ground beef into the skillet. Add the chopped green pepper and onion. Keeping the heat on medium high, stir ingredients together until the ground beef is still a little pinkish, but some of the fat has rendered.
  • Add the crushed tomato, herbs. salt and pepper to the skillet and mix everything together. Bring to a boil.
  • Turn the heat down and bring the sauce to a simmer. Cover the skillet with a tight lid or aluminum foil fitted over the top.
  • Simmer for 1 ½ hours (90 minutes), stirring occasionally to keep the ingredients from sticking to the bottom of the skillet and to incorporate the rendered fat into the sauce.
  • Prepare the pasta as directed. When done add the pasta to the sauce. Before you put in the pasta you can reserve some of the sauce to add when served. Gently mix the pasta into the sauce until it is fully incorporated.

Notes

You can use any ground meat you prefer.
We can't call this a quick recipe, but we can call it easy. It only takes a few minutes to get your ingredients together and into the skillet. Then you only need to stir it a few times during the 1 1/2 hours it is cooking.
It is worth reiterating that the simmer time is the key to this recipe. If you cut cooking time short, you lose the flavor and consistency that sets this aside from other American chop suey recipes. You just won't know what you are missing if you cut the time shorter. 

Nutrition

Calories: 361kcalCarbohydrates: 16gProtein: 23gFat: 23gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 81mgSodium: 998mgPotassium: 986mgFiber: 4gSugar: 10gVitamin A: 688IUVitamin C: 35mgCalcium: 87mgIron: 5mg
Keyword 5 ingredients or less, american classic meal, easy prep spaghetti sauce, meat sauce for pasta
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