American Chop Suey
servings
The whole family will enjoy eating American Chop Suey recipe for dinner tonight. Also known as American Goulash, elbow macaroni is cooked in a savory meat sauce seasoned with fresh onions and peppers for this easy weeknight meal! Baked in the oven or cooked stovetop, this is a great recipe to add to your meal rotation!
Ingredients
- 8 ounces cooked elbow macaroni al dente
- 1 pound ground beef
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 1 green pepper seeded and chopped
- 1 garlic clove minced
- 32 ounces spaghetti sauce
- 14 ounces diced tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 ½ teaspoons Italian seasoning
- ½ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare an 8 X 8-inch baking dish by spraying it with cooking spray.
- In a large skillet over medium-high heat, cook ground beef until it is browned, breaking it up as it cooks. Drain the fat from the beef and set aside.
- In the same skillet over medium-high heat, saute onion, green pepper and garlic until tender. Return beef to skillet, combine well and cook until heated through.
- Pour in spaghetti sauce and mix thoroughly. Remove from heat, and stir in Parmesan cheese.
- Add meat sauce to cooked noodles and stir to coat. Pour into prepared baking dish, and bake for 30 minutes. See NOTE if you prefer to make it stovetop and need/want less cooking time, which is my preference.
Notes
- I like my pasta with a lot of sauce. If you feel the same, I suggest either covering it with foil as it cooks and/or using only a bit less of the cooked pasta recommended in the recipe.
- I much prefer this dish made and served from the skillet. The flavors, especially that of the green pepper, seem to be more robust when made on top of the stove.
- If you want to make it this way, you don't need to heat the oven. After combining the noodles with the meat sauce, cover and cook over medium-low heat for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 527kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 32g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 89mg | Sodium: 1612mg | Potassium: 1413mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 1444IU | Vitamin C: 53mg | Calcium: 264mg | Iron: 7mg