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Chop suey
dish in overseas Chinese cuisine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chop suey is a dish in American-Chinese cuisine.[1] It is made with meat, often chicken, fish, pork or beef. There are also eggs and vegetables in it. It is usually served with rice or noodles.[2]
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There are many myths about chop suey. One is that in the 19th century it was invented by Chinese-American cooks working for the Transcontinental Railroad.[3]
Chop suey appears in an 1884 article of the Brooklyn Eagle by Wong Chin Foo.[2]