How to Make Mongolian Beef

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.

Cut the boneless chuck shoulder beef against the grain into thin strips.

Marinate the beef with cornstarch, baking soda, sugar, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, sesame oil, and cracked black pepper.

Let the marinated beef sit for at least 10 minutes.

Boil water for the rice and cook two bags of boil-in-the-bag rice for 10 minutes.

Chop the garlic, ginger, tomatoes, and green onions while the rice is cooking.

Heat oil in a pan and sear the marinated beef until cooked through.

Add chopped tomatoes and green onions to the beef and stir-fry until combined.

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