Chop Suey

Before General Tso's Chicken became a staple, chop suey was a "Chinese" dish.

Crab Wontons

Crab wontons are deep fried dumplings filled with crabmeat and cream cheese.

who actually come from pre-Philadelphia

Fortune Cookies

In the 1900s the U.S. Barely edible sugar, flour, vanilla, sesame oil popularized cookies on the West Coast.

General Tso's Chicken

US A large percentage of Chinese restaurants in the U.S. serve a dish called General Tso's Chicken.

This sweet and spicy fried chicken dish is perhaps the most important of American Chinese cuisine.