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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Central American >> Honduran

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In a very large skillet, heat the olive oil. Add the chopped celery and cook a few minutes. Add the cut-up green bell pepper, and cook a few more minutes. Add the onion and continue to cook until celery, peppers, and onions are tender, about 5 minutes. Add the minced garlic and mix into the vegetables. Then add the ground beef, breaking up with a wooden spoon. Continue to cook until the ground beef is browned, about another 5 minutes, mixing the beef up with the vegetables. Sprinkle the mixture with the sugar, basil, oregano, and parsley and mix. Add the stewed tomatoes, juices and all. Add salt and pepper, to taste. Let simmer, covered, stirring occasionally. | 2. Meanwhile, cook the elbow macaroni, according to the directions on box, in a very large saucepan. But, don't overcook. The macaroni should be al dente, because it will continue to cook a little when added to the beef/vegetable mixture. Drain pasta and put back into the large saucepan in which it was cooked. | 3. Very carefully, add the beef and vegetable mixture, juices and all, to the drained pasta in the large saucepan. Mix well and keep heated, covered, stirring occasionally, on a very low heat. | 4. When ready to serve, just put the pot of "American Chop Suey" along with bowls in the middle of the table, so everyone can help themselves. Serve with a basket of good Italian bread and butter. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
elbow macaroni	1	box	cooked	-	-	-	-
olive oil	2	tablespoons		238.68	0.0	0.0	27.0
celery	1	cup	chopped	16.16	2.9997	0.6969	0.1717
green bell pepper	2		cut cut	-	-	-	-
onion	2		sliced sweet	88.0	20.548000000000002	2.42	0.22
garlic clove	1 -2		minced	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
beef	1 1/2		ground	1347.1709	0.0	132.1316	86.6136
sugar	2	tablespoons		110.124	27.5448	0.0	0.0
basil	1	teaspoon	dried	0.2032	0.0234	0.0278	0.0057
oregano	1	teaspoon	dried	2.65	0.6892	0.09	0.0428
parsley	1	teaspoon	dried	0.45	0.0791	0.0371	0.0099
salt pepper				-	-	-	-
tomato	3	cans	stewed	186.2069	41.2894	9.7151	1.6192

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.