Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons oil
  • 1 cup chicken, diced
  • 1 large onion, diced
  • 2 stalks celery, diced
  • 1 cup bamboo shoot, diced
  • 12 cup water chestnut, diced
  • 1 green pepper, diced
  • 12 cup fresh mushrooms, diced
  • salt and pepper
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 12 tablespoons cornstarch, dissolved in 1/2 c. water
  • 12 cup almonds, toasted

Method

  • Prepare and dice all ingredients.
  • Toast almonds in oven.
  • Reserve.
  • Heat oil in wok (or large skillet) to smoking point, add chicken and onions to it, stir fry three minutes.
  • Add celery to wok, stir fry one minute, then add all the rest of the ingredients except for the almonds and cornstarch solution.
  • Stir everything well.
  • Cover wok and cook ingredients two minutes.
  • Lift cover up about two times to give ingredients a stir.
  • At end of cooking time, uncover wok, add thoroughly mixed cornstarch solution, cook until gravy thickens.
  • Place ingredients in serving platter.
  • Sprinkle with almonds.
  • *Chicken may be replaced with shrimp or pork.