Empress Beef - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 lb. boneless sirloin steak
3 Tbsp. vegetable oil
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 lb. fresh snow peas, trimmed
3 celery stalks, chopped
1 (4 oz.) can sliced mushrooms, drained
1 medium onion, sliced and broken apart
1/2 c. sliced water chestnuts
1/2 c. water
1/4 c. plus 1 Tbsp. Kikkoman soy sauce
1 Tbsp. cornstarch
1 1/2 tsp. sugar
hot, cooked rice

Preparation

Partially freeze steak; slice diagonally 1/4 inch wide.
Pour oil in wok or large skillet.
Heat at high for 1 minute.
Add steak and salt; stir-fry for 5 minutes.
Add snow peas, celery, mushrooms, onion and water chestnuts.
Stir-fry 3 minutes.
Cover, reduce heat and simmer 3 minutes.
Combine water, soy sauce, cornstarch and sugar; stir well.
Add cornstarch mixture to beef mixture and cook
until thickened, stirring constantly.
Serve over rice.
Serves 2 to 4.