30 MinuteMangolian Beef
This flavorful, sweet, easy 30 Minute Mongolian beef recipe is a delicious, healthy, weeknight meal. Pair with rice or a salad for an entire dinner. Flank or skirt steak work perfectly in this recipe paired with soy sauce, a bit of sweetener, ginger, onion and garlic.
Equipment
- 1 skillet medium to large size
- 1 cutting board
- knives
- measuring utensils
Ingredients
- 1-1.5 lbs flank steak, sliced into 1/4 inch strips or skirt steak
- 1/3 cup brown sugar to taste
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- 1/2 c low sodium soy sauce
- 1/3 cup water
- 2 tbsp corn starch
- 1 tbsp minced onion
- 1/2 cup shredded carrots like match sticks - optional
- green onion optional, for garnish
Instructions
- Slice up your flank into 1/4 inch slices if haven't already and slice your green onions if using. Heat a medium to large skillet on medium-high heat.
- In a bowl, combine the soy sauce, water, brown sugar, corn starch, spices. Set aside.
- Add the beef to the greased skillet. It will not take long to cook this steak. 5 minutes or so- or to your liking of doneness. Add carrots and liquid ingredients right after adding the beef to skillet. Stir occasionally and cook until beef is done and sauce thickens.
- Serve this dish with a bed of rice or a salad.
Notes
Substitutions or Variations: leave out the green onion, carrots. Use low sodium or regular soy sauce. Add a bit of red pepper flakes if you like spice.
Can use flank steak or skirt steak in this recipe. For a more economical cut, try stew meat-however expect the meat to be a bit tougher.
Freezer Meal Instructions:
Dump the pre-sliced steak, sauce and carrots into a gallon freezer bag. (do not add green onion or cornstarch). Massage together with fingers and seal the bag-making sure to get as much air out as possible.
When ready to enjoy just thaw in a shallow pan in your fridge for 24 hours. Then, follow the instructions in the recipe above. Add the cornstarch to 3 tbsp of water- mix well and add to the sauce mixture in the skillet- cook until steak is done and sauce is thickened.
Use within 3 months of freezing for best quality.
Nutrition information noted is an estimate only.
Nutrition
Serving: 0.25lbsCalories: 327kcalCarbohydrates: 25.2gProtein: 30.2gFat: 11.3gSaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 93.8mgSodium: 1441mgPotassium: 78.3mgFiber: 0.5gSugar: 20.5g
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