"Chinese" Chop Suey

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Description
Chop Suey is an American Dish that may have been created bu Chinese cooks serving the men who built the transcontinental railway.

Ingredients

 * 2 stalks celery
 * 6 green onions (scallions)
 * 2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
 * 1 lb bonelees pork or chicken breast
 * 1 Tbsp vegetable oil
 * 1 cup chicken broth
 * 2 Tbsp soy sauce
 * 2 Tbsp cornstarch
 * 2 Tbsp cold water
 * 1 8oz can drained sliced water chestnuts or bamboo shoots
 * 1 16oz can bean sprouts, drained and rinsed


 * 3 cups cooked warm rice

Directions

 * 1) Wash the celery, greeen onions and mushrooms. Pat dry with paper towel
 * 2) Cut the celery and grren ponions diagonally into 1/4 inch slices
 * 3) Slice the pork or chicken into thin strips
 * 4) Heat the oil in a wok, add the meat and stor fry for 2-4 minutes
 * 5) Add the celery and stor fry for 2 minutes
 * 6) Add the grren onions and the mushrooms and strir fry for 2 minutes
 * 7) Add the chicken broth and soy sauce, bring to the boil, by covering.
 * 8) Mix cornstarch and cold water and add slowly to chop suey, stirring constantly
 * 9) Add the water chestnuts and bean sprouts, Stir till heated through

Serve with cooked rice