How To Make Mongolian Beef-Chinese Food Recipes-Restaurant Style

beef

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: pork

Chicken is leaner while pork is often less expensive.

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: low-sodium soy sauce

💰Cheaper: tamari

Low-sodium reduces salt intake; tamari is gluten-free.

brown sugar

🥗Healthier: coconut sugar

💰Cheaper: white sugar

Coconut sugar has a lower glycemic index; white sugar is often cheaper.

vegetable oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Olive oil is healthier; canola oil is often less expensive.

Prepare the beef by slicing it into thin pieces against the grain.

Coat the sliced beef with cornstarch.

Heat vegetable oil in a wok on high heat.

Quickly flash fry the coated beef in the hot oil.

Drain the oil from the wok, leaving some oil to sauté.

Sauté chopped garlic and minced ginger in the wok over medium heat.

Increase the heat to high and add beef broth, soy sauce, sesame oil, hoisin sauce, and dark brown sugar to the wok.

Continue to cook on high heat until the sauce thickens.

Stir in the fried beef and cook for 1 minute more.

Remove from heat and stir in sliced green onions.

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