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"Chop Suey!" is also the title of a song in the album Toxicity by System of a Down.

Chop suey (Traditional Chinese: 雜碎; Simplified Chinese: 杂碎; pinyin: zá suì; Jyutping: zaap6 seoi3; Yale: jaāhp seui; literally means mixed pieces; roughly means chopped up odds and ends) is a dish in the style of pseudo-Chinese cuisine. It is said to have been invented in New York on August 29, 1896, by cooks of the Chinese diplomat Li Hongzhang who apparently brought his own cooks with him and ate no Western food, even at banquets in his honor. The hoopla about the visit makes all such claims doubtful, but Li Hongzhang's visit gave a boost to Americanized—largely Cantonese—cuisine. A rival claim for the invention of chop suey places it in California, where Chinese cooks ran cooktents for American miners.

It is not an authentic Chinese dish and is instead considered typical American Chinese cuisine to the point of being the topic of a song in the musical Flower Drum Song.

Chop Suey is mostly a bland stir-fry vegetable dish, with bits of beef or pork, in a lightly-thickened sauce, and with a dash of soy sauce. Typical ingredients for chop suey are usually local vegetables, cooked to American-style softness, and tend to include:

bamboo shoots
bok choy, or its Western equivalent celery
broccoli
green pepper
mushrooms
onion
sliced Chinese water chestnuts
snow peas

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 :''"Chop Suey!" is also the title of a song in the album [[Toxicity (album)|Toxicity]] by [[System of a Down]].''
-'''Chop suey''' ([[Traditional Chinese]]: &#38620;&#30862;; [[Simplified Chinese]]: &#26434;&#30862;; [[pinyin]]: zá suì; [[Jyutping]]: zaap6 seoi3; [[Yale Romanization#Cantonese|Yale]]: ja&#257;hp seui; literally means ''mixed pieces''; roughly means ''chopped up odds and ends'') is a dish in the style of pseudo-[[Chinese cuisine]]. It is said to have been invented in [[New York]] on [[August 29]], [[1896]], by cooks of the [[China|Chinese]] diplomat [[Li Hongzhang]] who apparently brought his own cooks with him and ate no Western food, even at banquets in his honor. The hoopla about the visit makes all such claims doubtful, but Li Hongzhang's visit gave a boost to Americanized&mdash;largely Cantonese&mdash;cuisine. A rival claim for the invention of Chop Suey places it in California, where Chinese cooks ran cooktents for American miners.
+'''Chop suey''' ([[Traditional Chinese]]: &#38620;&#30862;; [[Simplified Chinese]]: &#26434;&#30862;; [[pinyin]]: zá suì; [[Jyutping]]: zaap6 seoi3; [[Yale Romanization#Cantonese|Yale]]: ja&#257;hp seui; literally means ''mixed pieces''; roughly means ''chopped up odds and ends'') is a dish in the style of pseudo-[[Chinese cuisine]]. It is said to have been invented in [[New York]] on [[August 29]], [[1896]], by cooks of the [[China|Chinese]] diplomat [[Li Hongzhang]] who apparently brought his own cooks with him and ate no Western food, even at banquets in his honor. The hoopla about the visit makes all such claims doubtful, but Li Hongzhang's visit gave a boost to Americanized&mdash;largely [[Cantonese cuisine|Cantonese]]&mdash;cuisine. A rival claim for the invention of chop suey places it in [[California]], where Chinese cooks ran cooktents for [[United States|American]] miners.
 It is not an authentic Chinese dish and is instead considered typical [[American Chinese cuisine]] to the point of being the topic of a song in the musical ''[[Flower Drum Song]]''.
-Chop Suey is mostly a bland [[stir-fry]] vegetable dish, with bits of [[beef]] or [[pork]], in a lightly-thickened sauce, and with a dash of [[soy sauce]]. Typical [[ingredient]]s for chop suey are usually local [[vegetable]]s, cooked to [[United States|American]]-style softness and tend to include:
+Chop Suey is mostly a bland [[stir-fry]] [[vegetable]] dish, with bits of [[beef]] or [[pork]], in a lightly-thickened sauce, and with a dash of [[soy sauce]]. Typical [[ingredient]]s for chop suey are usually local vegetables, cooked to American-style softness, and tend to include:
+* [[bamboo]] shoots
 * [[bok choy]], or its Western equivalent [[celery]]
 * [[broccoli]]
-* [[bamboo]] shoots
-* [[mushroom]]s
-* sliced [[Chinese water chestnut]]s
 * [[green pepper]]
+* [[mushroom]]s
 * [[onion]]
+* sliced [[Chinese water chestnut]]s
 * [[snow pea]]s