Cantonese Chicken with Rice

Ingredients

• cornstarch

  divided
  4 teaspoons
• soy sauce
  2 tablespoons
• minced ginger or ½ teaspoon ground ginger
  2 teaspoons
• garlic

  minced
  2 cloves
• ground black pepper
  ¼ teaspoon
• vegetable oil

  divided
  2 tablespoons
• chicken breasts (about 1 pound)

  skinned, boned, and cut into thin strips
  2 whole
• x 4-ounce can sliced mushrooms
  1 unit
• sugar
  1 teaspoon
• salt
  ½ teaspoon
• diagonally sliced celery

  cut ¼ inch thick
  1 cup
• sliced onion
  ½ cup
• x 6-ounce package frozen (or 2 cups fresh) snow peas
  1 unit
• hot cooked rice
  3 cups