Mom'S Chinese Walnut Chicken - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts
3 tablespoons cornstarch
3 tablespoons oil
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 pinch sugar
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon ginger powder
1 cup walnuts, chopped or broken into large pieces
3/4 cup water, warm
1/2 cup soy sauce

Preparation

Make sure to start your rice before starting the Walnut Chicken!
Cut chicken into half-inch pieces.
Mix 3 T cornstarch, 2 T of the oil and 2 T soy sauce in the bottom of a large bowl (add more soy sauce if needed, until the cornstarch is smooth and semi-liquid).
Add the sugar, garlic and ginger powder and mix.
Add the chicken and stir to coat. Put aside.
Heat 1 T oil in a large frying pan. Fry the walnuts until they are golden brown. It takes a while to get the nuts up to temperature, but then they brown very rapidly.
Move the walnuts to a separate bowl.
Put the chicken in the heated frying pan and stir-fry for a couple of minutes, until the pieces are separated.
Add the nuts to the chicken and stir-fry for a couple more minutes.
Add the warm water and 1/2 C of soy sauce to the pan and stir to make a sauce.
If more sauce is desired, just add additional water and heat.
Serve hot with rice.