Chef Chen's Chinese Restaurant

Name: Chef Chen's Chinese Restaurant
Address: 751 E Monte Vista Ave, Vacaville, CA, 95688, US
Telephone: (707) 448-8822

Chinese / Szechuan

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751 E Monte Vista Ave, Vacaville, CA 95688
(707) 448-8822
Last verified: November 2026
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Szechuan-style (American menus): The older Wade-Giles spelling of Sichuan. On American-Chinese menus "Szechuan beef" or "Szechuan chicken" signals a spicy garlic-chili sauce with vegetables; on a Sichuan restaurant's menu the same word means the real thing, so expect Sichuan peppercorn and real heat. On this menu as: Szechuan & Specialties · Szechuan Chicken · Szechuan Eggplant Tofu.
Potstickers: Crescent-shaped dumplings (jiaozi) pan-fried on one side until crisp, then steamed in the same pan so the tops stay tender. Boiled versions of the same dumpling are usually listed as "boiled dumplings" or shui jiao; the fillings (pork and cabbage, pork and chive, shrimp, or vegetable) are the same. On this menu as: Potstickers.
General Tso's chicken: Battered, deep-fried chicken chunks glazed in a sweet, tangy, mildly hot sauce with dried chilies and broccoli on the side. Created by Hunanese chefs in Taiwan and New York in the 1970s; the general it is named for never tasted it. On this menu as: General Chicken.
Mongolian beef: Thin-sliced beef flash-fried and tossed with scallions and sometimes onion in a glossy soy-and-brown-sugar sauce, often over crispy rice noodles. Taiwanese-American in origin; nothing to do with Mongolian cooking. On this menu as: Mongolian Chicken.
Chop suey: The original American-Chinese dish: meat and mixed vegetables (bean sprouts, celery, onion) in a light starch-thickened sauce, over rice or crispy noodles. Its name means "assorted bits", and its 19th-century origins are argued about to this day. On this menu as: Chicken Chop Suey.
Tofu (bean curd): Pressed soybean curd, from custard-soft (for mapo tofu and soups) to firm (for stir-fries and braises). Fried tofu puffs soak up sauce; tofu skin (yuba) is the sheet lifted off simmering soy milk, rolled and braised or fried as a "vegetarian duck". On this menu as: Szechuan Eggplant Tofu.

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