Good-Cooking - Chinese Almond Chicken

Ingredients

• 3 pounds chicken*
• 1/3 cup fresh mushrooms**
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1/2 cup bamboo shoots -- cut diag
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup celery -- cur diag cut
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1/4 cup onion -- cut in thin strips
• 2 tablespoons sherry
• 10 water chestnuts -- thin sliced
• 1 cup blanched almonds or walnuts
• 1/3 cup chicken stock
• 2 cups peanut oil