Mongolian Beef

Mongolian Beef

20 mins
Serves 4
Serves

Directions

  1. 1.

    Cut the green onions into large chunks.

  2. 2.

    Mince lots of garlic.

  3. 3.

    Chop up lots of onions.

  4. 4.

    Peel and grate some ginger with a spoon.

  5. 5.

    Slice the beef flank against the grain to get big pieces.

  6. 6.

    Tenderize the beef with baking soda, cornstarch, soy sauce, dark soy sauce, ShaoXing cooking wine, and white pepper. Mix it up real good and let it marinate for 15 minutes.

  7. 7.

    Make the sauce with oyster sauce, dark soy sauce, regular soy sauce, sugar, chicken bouillon, white pepper, and sesame oil.

  8. 8.

    Heat your wok with a generous amount of oil and add in the marinated beef. Do a shallow fry so it gets a nice crust.

  9. 9.

    Once it's about 90% cooked, strain the beef from the oil and set it aside.

  10. 10.

    To the wok, add your ginger and garlic.

  11. 11.

    Add dried chilies if you want to make it spicy.

  12. 12.

    Add in the onions. Make sure your heat is on high because this happens real quick.

  13. 13.

    Make sure the onions still have a bite to them. Add in the beef and then the sauce.

  14. 14.

    Add all the green onions.

  15. 15.

    Serve with some rice.

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Ingredients

  • 1 lb beef flank
  • 3 tbsp cornstarch
  • 0.2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tbsp shao xing wine
  • 0.5 tbsp soy sauce
  • 0.5 tbsp dark soy sauce
  • 0.2 tsp ground white pepper
  • 1 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 2 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp chicken bouillon
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • 0.3 cup cooking oil
  • 1 large onion
  • 4 green onion stalks
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 1 tsp ginger
  • 4 dried chilies
  • 1 steamed rice

Equipment

knife cutting board grater wok wooden spoon strainer bowl plate chopsticks

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