chop suey

American  

[chop-soo-ee] / ˈtʃɒpˈsu i /

Or chop sooy

noun

• chop sueys
  plural

1. a Chinese-style American dish consisting of small pieces of meat, chicken, etc., cooked together with bean sprouts, onions, mushrooms, or other vegetables and seasoning, in a gravy, often served with rice and soy sauce.

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chop suey British  

/ ˈsuːɪ /

noun

1. a Chinese-style dish originating in the US, consisting of meat or chicken, bean sprouts, etc, stewed and served with rice

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• chop sueys
  plural

Etymology

Origin of chop suey

1885–90, < dialectal Chinese (Guangdong) jaahp seui mixed bits, akin to Chinese zá suì

Example Sentences

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chop suey

Early editions of “The Settlement Cook Book” included chop suey and Spaghetti Italienne, but most of its foreign dishes were either German or German-Jewish, reflecting the largest immigrant groups in Milwaukee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

By the time Mr Chan had his first tastes of chop suey, there were relatively few Chinese Americans in the US - 0.08% of the total population - most of whom were descended from Toisan.

From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2021

The restaurants served a chop suey drowning in gravy and spiced like curry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2021

Dishes like moo goo gai pan and chop suey — which roughly translates to “odds and ends” — were the beginnings of a culinary tradition.

From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2021

I asked Cecile for some money for dinner, and Fern and I went out to pick up chop suey from Ming’s.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia