Beef Chop Suey - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 lb lean beef
2 teaspoons oil
2 teaspoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon pepper
oil, for stir-frying
2 small onions, finely chopped
1 stalk celery, cut diagonally
2 carrots, finely chopped
1/4 lb fresh mushrooms, washed & sliced
7 ounces canned bean sprouts, drained and rinsed
1/2 cup bamboo shoots, rinsed & cut into thin strips (fresh if possible) or 1/2 cup water chestnut, sliced (fresh if possible)
3 slices fresh ginger, crushed
1/2 cabbage, finely chopped
1 teaspoon sugar
2 teaspoons salt
4 garlic cloves, crushed
1 cup water
4 teaspoons cornstarch
2 teaspoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
2 cups cooked rice

Preparation

Cut beef into thin slices and marinate in a mixture of the next 6 ingredients for 10-15 minutes.
Heat a little oil and saute the onions& celery until onion is transparent, and set aside.
Stir-fry the carrots, mushrooms, sprouts and bamboo individually for 1 minute each (order doesn't matter)& set aside.
Saute the ginger for 1 minute, add the cabbage and cook for another minute.
Add the rest of the vegetables, mix well and add a tsp of sugar and 2 tsp salt or salt and sugar to taste.
Remove vegetables and set aside.
Heat a little oil and saute the garlic.
Add the marinated beef and cook for 2 more minutes.
Mix together the remaining 4 ingredients and stir into the beef.
Cook until cornstarch is clear and pour beef over the vegetables.
Serve chop suey over rice.