{"id":2977,"date":"2026-02-15T18:44:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipe4thecook.com\/\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:44:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:44:25","slug":"american-chop-suey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/crockpot\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/american-chop-suey\/","title":{"rendered":"American Chop Suey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Ingredients<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>1 pound ground lean chuck<br \/>\n1 medium onion chopped<br \/>\n1 medium green pepper chopped<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp. garlic powder<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp. paprika (optional)<br \/>\nSalt to taste<br \/>\nFreshly-ground black pepper to taste<br \/>\n1 C. shredded process cheese<br \/>\n1 can tomato paste (6 oz.)<br \/>\n1 can diced tomatoes (15 oz.) un-drained<br \/>\n2 C. cooked macaroni hot<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Cooking Instructions<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>In a non-stick skillet, brown the ground beef with onion and green pepper. Drain, transfer to crock pot. Add seasonings, cheese, tomato paste, and tomatoes, stir to combine. Cover and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours. Stir in hot cooked macaroni 10 minutes before serving.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&quot;Jesus then took the loaves, and having given thanks, He distributed to those who were seated; likewise also of the fish as much as they wanted.&quot; (John 6:11)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crockpot<\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/crockpot\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/american-chop-suey\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crockpot"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/crockpot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/crockpot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/crockpot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/crockpot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/crockpot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/crockpot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2977\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/crockpot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/crockpot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/crockpot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}