Gingered Chicken and Mushrooms

From "Fast Chicken"/The Hawthorn Series

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• 2  tablespoons cornflour
• 1  cup  chicken stock
• 2  tablespoons soy sauce
• 2  tablespoons lemon juice
• 2  tablespoons  sesame oil
• 4  chicken breast fillets, cut into strips
• 2  red peppers, thinly sliced
• 2  tablespoons ginger, grated
• 1⁄2 cup bamboo shoot, sliced
• 1 1⁄2 cups  mixed mushrooms
• 2  tablespoons fresh basil

Directions

1. Dissolve the cornfour in a quarter of the stock. Add the soy sauce, lemon juice, and remaining stock. Set aside.
2. Heat the oil in a wok.Add the chicken , red pepper, ginger,bamboo shoots and mushrooms.
3. Cook,stirring for 4-6 minutes,until the chicken is cooked.
4. Stir in the liquid and basil and bring to the boil to thicken.
5. Season with salt and pepper and serve with steamed rice.