Recipe#148

Title: Chicken Peapods

From: Sean McCormick fooddude@agt.net 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking 
 Subject: Chicken and pea pods 
 Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 23:18:54 -0700 
 Message-ID: <3271AD4E.5A85@agt.net> 

Yield: 4 servings
 1 lb boned, skinned chicken sliced in very thin strips
 1 1/2 ts cornstarch
 1 tb soy sauce
 1 tb dry sherry
 1 ts minced garlic
 1/2 tb oil
 1 ts gingerroot
 1/2 c carrot strips
 1/2 c sliced celery
 1/2 c sliced green onions
 1 cn sliced water chestnuts, drained
 1 pk frozen chinese pea pods
 1/2 c chicken broth
 2 tb soy sauce
 1 tb cornstarch
 1 ts sugar
 Mix chicken, cornstarch, soy sauce and sherry.  In skillet, heat
 one tablespoon oil over high heat.  Stir in garlic and ginger.
 Add chicken and stir fry until no longer pink.  Remove.  In remaining
 oil, stir fry carrots and celery one minute. Add green onions and
 stir fry 30 seconds.  Add water chestnuts and pea pods. Stir sauce
 and add to vegetables. Cook, stirring until boiling. return chicken
 to pan and heat through.
 Sauce: mix ingredients over medium heat in small saucepan. Pour
 over chicken.