I thought it would be a good, crunchy substitute for chow mein but decided to keep the recipe a little more budget-friendly. So good! I had considered baking some Cappello's fettuccine noodles the same way I had baked their lasagna sheets when I made cinnamon chips. The version I ate growing up (mom's version) was typically beef stew meat with soy sauce, ginger, Chinese spices, canned "fancy Chinese vegetables", and canned baby corn served over white rice and topped with crunchy chow mein noodles. This chop suey recipe is a spin-off of my mom's recipe which was a spin-off of my grandma Gail's recipe which was a spin off of a 1950's Betty Crocker recipe. I'm really enjoying recreating all these family recipes. Cauliflower rice can be cooked in a bit of fat using the sauté function. I don't currently have any recipes posted for Instant Pot rice but you can quickly type in the type of rice you're using into Instant Pot Recipes Finder to find cooking instructions for that particular rice (as well as practically any recipe you can think of). This recipe is served over rice and if you prefer, you can cook the rice ahead of time in the Instant Pot since it also works as a rice cooker. The other plus is that you can sear the meats and sauté or steam veggies in the same pot. ![]() The meats always turn out just as tender as a slow cooker would make them. However, being able to pressure cook the same cuts of meat for only an hour while I'm off doing other things around the house really appeals to me. I may work an eight hour day but I'm typically out of the house closer to 10 ½ hours, often more, because of lunch and commuting. I'm uncomfortable leaving any appliance turned on while I'm not home and most slow cooker recipes take eight hours at the most. My go-to cooking methods with the Instant Pot are sautéing and pressure cooking. The funny thing is, I almost never use it as a slow cooker. Since the Instant Pot had a stainless steel insert and was multi-function, I decided to get that with the intention mostly using it as a slow cooker. I had read about how most slow cookers leach some lead into food and wanted to buy something with either a glass or stainless steel insert. I bought my Instant Pot on Amazon a few years ago when I was shopping for slow cookers. Chow Mein is a traditional dish, while Chop Suey was created out of convenience.I should have started posting Instant Pot recipes a long time ago but I didn't realize people even knew what an Instant Pot was, let alone that they were crazy over them. Chop Suey can be created using either noodles or rice, Chow Mein is only ever made using noodles. What is the difference between chow mein & chop suey?Ĭhow Mein was Westernized to suit Western taste buds, whereas Chop Suey was originally designed for these taste buds. and is quite healthy if you are targeting weight loss. A cup (56g) of vegetable chow mein consists of approximately 240 calories, 26 grams of carbohydrates, 4 grams of protein, and 14 grams of fat. ![]() ![]() Which is healthier chow mein or chop suey?Ĭhow mein is pretty low on calories and fat as compared to chop suey. How the dishes are prepared and served is also an area where they differ. ![]() The sauces for each dish are markedly different, with chop suey usually having a thicker, starchy gravy-like sauce, while chow mein is prepared with a thinner soy-sauce based topping. Out of which carbohydrates comprise 294 calories, proteins account for 61 calories and remaining calories come from fat which is 175 calories. One serving of American Chopsuey gives 502 calories. Chop suey How many calories is chop suey?
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