Mongolian Beef Stir-fry

I absolutely love a good beef stir-fry. Many people think that getting very lean meat for a stir-fry is the best, but honestly any premium cut works as long as the meat is streak-free and marinated well. I usually get pre-cut strips because they’re the easiest to marinate! I also find that if you wash the meat and drain it well until dry, the meat cooks really well with little oil. And that’s technically what we want while stir-frying anything!

This recipe is so flavorsome and smashingly delicious that you’ll find yourself coming back to it again and again! And its perfect for those weeknights when you’re hard pressed for time but you want a glorious meal in minutes. The sticky salty sweet sauce goes perfectly with the fresh vegetables, remember to pair this with egg fried rice!

On with it then!

Ingredients:

• 1 kg Beef steak cut into strips
• 5 cloves garlic, crushed
• 2 heaped tbsp soy sauce
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 1 red bell pepper sliced
• 1 green bell pepper sliced
• 3 baby bok-choy roughly chopped
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 tsp Sesame seeds
• 1 small bunch green onions (3 stalks) sliced for garnish

For the sauce:

• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 3 cloves garlic, crushed
• 2 tsp fresh ginger crushed

 

Mix garlic, soy sauce, and cornstarch to create a thick marinade and mix in the beef strips. Let these sit for an hour or so, the soy sauce cuts through the beef and tenderizes it so you really don’t need to worry about it not cooking through later.

 

 

Heat up 2 tbsp of vegetable oil in a large pan and fry the beef in batches, or at once if the pan is big enough, until the beef is well browned on both sides. Set the beef aside and return the pan to heat.

Stir-fry the bok choy in the same pan until wilted and soft, set aside. Stir-fry the bell peppers for a minute and set aside too.

Return the same old pan to the heat. Add the garlic and ginger with the soy sauce and brown sugar for the sauce and let this boil. Add the beef and heat through until the sticky sauce covers all the beef.

Add the vegetables and quickly serve garnished with lots of chopped green onion and sesame seeds! Look at those colors!

 

WHAT? that easy? You’re kidding, no I’m not really kidding. This is one fast and easy recipe which is so easy to whip up and you won’t believe how amazing it tastes! Just goes to show you don’t need a hell lot of ingredients for cooking a yum dish!

Sigh. Beautiful.