6 Chinese water chestnuts
½ pound bean sprouts
¼ pound (1 can) bamboo shoots
Note: Dried mushrooms, Soyu sauce, bean sprouts, water chestnuts, and bamboo shoots are for sale by Chinese grocers.
CHOW MEIN
Cut in 1-inch strips
1 pound fresh pork or white meat of chicken, or lobster or crab meat, and cook in frying pan 5 minutes with
2 tablespoons fat. Add
1 cup water or stock mixed with
1 teaspoon cornstarch.
Simmer 3 minutes or until, meat is tender. In another frying pan put
2 tablespoons fat, add
1 onion cut lengthwise in very fine pieces.
Cook 3 minutes, add
1 bunch celery cut in very fine strips 2 inches long, and
¼ pound dried mushrooms soaked 2 hours in
Cold water, drained and cut in thin slices.
Cook 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Combine mixtures, add
1 teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon pepper and
Few grains cayenne.
Pour over fried noodles.
If desired ½ pound bean sprouts may be cooked with the celery, and served in the Chow Mein.