Easy, Inexpensive Recipe: Mongolian Beef

• Gluten free

• Meat

  • 1 lb Flank

• Produce

  • 1 tbsp Garlic
  • 1/2 tsp Ginger
  • 2 Green onions, large

• Condiments

  • 1/2 cup Soy sauce, low sodium

• Baking & Spices

  • 3/4 cup Brown sugar, dark
  • 1/4 cup Corn starch

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 50 tsp Vegetable oil

• Liquids

  • 1/2 cup Water

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Description

Ingredients

• Mongolian Beef Ingredients:
• 2 t vegetable oil
• ½ t. minced ginger
• 1 T chopped garlic
• ½ cup (low sodium) soy sauce
• ½ cup water
• ¾ cup dark brown sugar
• 1 c vegetable oil
• 1 pound flank (or flat iron) steak
• ¼ c corn starch
• 2 large green onions

Directions

• Pour 2 teaspoons of oil into a medium saucepan over medium/low heat.
• Add minced garlic and ginger stirring with a whisk.
• Add the soy sauce and water.
• Dissolve the brown sugar into the liquid and bring to a boil for about 5 minutes.
• The sauce will still be fairly runny when its done boiling, thats ok.
• Remove it from the heat.
• Slice the flank steak in ¼ inch slices at a 45 degree angle against the grain into bite size pieces. (I had my butcher do this - easy peasy! My butcher is awesome.)
• Dip the steak pieces into the cornstarch to apply a thin layer of dusting to the steak.
• Let that sit for about 10 minutes.
• As the beef sits, heat one cup of oil in your pan.
• If you dont have a wok (I dont as you can see from the pictures) use a little more oil.
• I used about a cup and a half - just enough to almost cover the meat.
• The beef will begin to brown on the edges. Thats good.
• Stir the meat around a bit and after a couple minutes remove the beef from the oil with a slotted spoon into a bowl lined with paper towels and pour the oil out into a bowl or something that it wont melt.
• Put the pan back over med heat and put meat back in, browning for a minute or so.
• Add the sauce to this pan and the green onions.
• Serve over rice. Enjoy!