After you cut the chicken into strips mix the corn starch, soy sauce and pepper together and mix into the chicken. Set aside while you chop up the vegetables.
Mix together the sauce ingredients and set aside.
Add some oil to the pan. Saute the chicken in a pan until cooked throughout over high heat. This will only take several minutes. Remove the chicken from the pan to a plate and set aside while you saute the vegetables.
Add a little more oil if needed to the pan. Add the garlic scapes, carrots, mushrooms and celery. Saute until tender crisp. Stir in pea pods and cover the pan with a lid for about 2 minutes. Stir in chicken and add sauce. Stir while adding the sauce. As soon as it is thickened it is done.
Serve over rice.
Recipe by Recipes Food and Cooking at https://recipesfoodandcooking.com/2007/07/08/chicken-and-pea-pods/