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Ingredients:-
- 1 pound pork or beef (don't use pork chops as they are too dry)
- Pork Marinade:
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- 1 - 2 teaspoons oyster sauce
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Pepper to taste
- 1 piece (under 1 teaspoon) Cornstarch
- Sauce:
- 4 tablespoons water or chicken broth
- 2 teaspoons oyster sauce
- 3/4 to 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- Other:
- 2 small bunches bok choy (can substitute broccoli if desired)
- 1/2 cup bamboo shoots, rinsed
- 1/2 pound fresh mushrooms, washed and patted dry with a paper towel
- 1/2 cup water chestnuts (fresh if possible)
- 1 large green pepper
- 2 stalks celery
- 1 onion
- 1/2 pound snow peas (optional)
- Oil for stir-frying
Method:-
- Cut the pork into thin strips.
- Add seasonings to pork, adding the cornstarch last.
- Marinate the pork for 10 - 15 minutes.
- Whilst the pork is marinating, prepare vegetables and sauce.
- For sauce:
- Whisk together the sauce ingredients and set aside.
- For vegetables:
- Cut bamboo shoots into thin strips.
- Slice the mushrooms and water chestnuts.
- Cut the green pepper in half, remove the seeds and slice diagonally.
- For the bok choy, separate each stalk and leaves.
- Cut the stalk diagonally and cut the leaves across.
- Cut the celery diagonally.
- Cut the onion in half, peel, and slice thinly.
- Place the vegetables on a large tray, being careful to keep each group separate (include the bok choy stalks and leaves), and set aside.
- Heat wok and add oil.
- When oil is ready, add the pork.
- Stir-fry pork until redness is gone.
- Remove and set aside.
- Reheat wok and add more oil.
- When oil is ready, stir-fry each of the vegetables.
- The order doesn't matter, but you can stir-fry the onions and celery together, (if desired you can cook these with the pork), and the green pepper and snow peas together.
- When cooking the bok choy, add the stalk first.
- Add salt to taste as desired while stir-frying each group of vegetables.
- Add water and cover wok while cooking bok choy, as it doesn't contain much moisture.
- Reheat wok and add oil.
- Give the sauce a quick re-stir.
- Add and combine all the cooked ingredients in the wok.
- Make a "well" in the center and gradually add the sauce, stirring to thicken.
- Once it has boiled, remove the chop suey from the stove.
- Serve hot.
