Chicken Chop Suey

Ingredients

• 1 pound white meat chicken, pork, veal, crab, or lobster, cut into 1-inch strips
• 2 tablespoons chicken fat or other fat
• 1 cup celery, thinly sliced crosswise
• 1 onion, peeled and thinly sliced
• 6 mushroom caps, peeled and sliced
• 6 Chinese water chestnuts, peeled and sliced
• 2 tablespoons chicken fat or butter
• ½ pound bean sprouts
• ¼ pound bamboo shoots, cut into diamond-shaped pieces
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• 2 cups chicken stock or water
• Salt to taste
• Few grains of pepper

Method

1. 1 Cut meat into 1-inch strips and cook in 2 tablespoons fat for 5 minutes in a frying pan. Remove and set aside.
2. 2 In the same pan, cook celery, onion, mushrooms, and water chestnuts in 2 tablespoons fat for 5 minutes.
3. 3 Add bean sprouts, bamboo shoots, soy sauce, stock, and the cooked meat. Simmer gently until meat and sprouts are cooked through.
4. 4 Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve immediately.