Easy Crispy Mongolian Beef

Easy Crispy Mongolian Beef

from scrambledchefs.com
Main Dish
20 min
703 kcal / serving

This Mongolian Beef recipe is super easy to make and uses simple, readily available ingredients! Whip this up in under 20 minutes and have the perfect mid-week dinner meal!

Ingredients

  • 2 poundsbeef tenderloin/beef chuck, cut into strips
  • ½ cupcornstarch/cornflour
  • oil, for deep frying
  • 2 tablespooncooking oil
  • 1 tablespoonfinely chopped ginger
  • 1 tablespoonfinely chopped garlic
  • ½ cupsoy sauce
  • ½ cuprice vinegar
  • ½ cupwater
  • 1 teaspoonhoisin sauce (optional
  • ½ cupbrown sugar
  • 1 teaspooncornstarch, diluted in 3 teaspoon water
  • 1 teaspoonred chili flakes (optional
  • ½ cupgreen onion, chopped into 1-inch pieces

Directions

  1. 1

    Start off by tossing the beef strips in cornstarch. Make sure the strips are coated evenly with cornstarch.

  2. 2

    Deep fry the beef strips for 4-5 mins, drain the oil and set aside.

  3. 3

    In a saucepan, heat oil on high heat setting. Quickly add in the ginger and garlic. Stir quickly for 10 seconds. Immediately add in the soy sauce, water, rice vinegar and hoisin sauce. Bring the sauce to a quick boil.

  4. 4

    Add in the brown sugar and cornstarch. Mix thoroughly.

  5. 5

    Now add in the beef strips and let cook for 2 minutes.

  6. 6

    Add the green onions and cook for an additional minute.

  7. 7

    Serve hot with rice.