One Pan Mongolian Beef Food

ONE PAN MONGOLIAN BEEF

Steps:

• Toss the steak strips in the cornstarch and some salt and pepper and set aside for 5 minutes. Heat half the oil in a wok or frying pan over a high heat and fry the steak until browned all over. Remove and set aside.
• Heat the rest of the oil and fry the garlic, ginger and spring onions over a medium heat for 2 minutes.
• Add the stir-fry vegetables to the pan with a splash of water and fry for 1 minute before adding the chile flakes, soy sauce and sugar along with 200 milliliters (3/4 cup) water. Return the steak to the pan with the noodles and bubble until you have a glossy sauce that coats the noodles. Serve straight away.

ONE PAN MONGOLIAN BEEF ZOODLES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine steak with salt, pepper, sesame oil and cornstarch. Allow to marinate for 30 minutes.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together all the ingredients for the sauce and set aside.
• Heat 1 tablespoon of cooking oil in a large skillet / saute pan on medium high heat until pan starts to get smoky. Add beef and allow to sear and cook until brown on all sides, about 1-2 minutes. Transfer onto a plate.
• Return pan to heat. Add pineapples and cook until slightly browned and softened, around 5 minutes, Toss in carrots and beef then give the sauce a good stir then pour into pan, coating the ingredients on all sides.
• *If cooking the zucchini noodles, add into pan and use tongs to toss and coat with sauce. Cook for 1-2 minutes until zucchini is just tender but still firm. Be careful not to overcook.
• Serve immediately and garnish with green onions and sesame seeds if desired.
• Notes.
• *do not overcook for longer than 2 minutes or else noodles will get too soft and mushy. You can also serve the beef over raw zucchini noodles if desired.

ACTUAL PF CHANG'S MONGOLIAN BEEF RECIPE

Steps:

• 1. Heat oil in a sauté pan. Add the beef and cook for 30-60 seconds or until cooked.
• -Beef should be lightly browned around the edges and gray throughout the rest of the surface.
• 2. Add your garlic and toss.
• 3. Add the rice wine, soy sauce, and sugar. Bring to a boil.
• 4. Cook and reduce the sauce around the beef until all sauce has caramelized onto the beef.
• -The sauté pan should be "dry" (no flowing sauce) before proceeding onto the next step.
• 5. Add the green onion sticks and toss to incorporate into the beef.
• A few tosses are all that are needed; do not wilt the green onion sticks!
• 6. Finish with sesame oil.
• 7. Place on a plate over cooked rice and enjoy!

MONGOLIAN BEEF

Steps:

• Slice the flank steak against the grain into 1/4" thick bite-size slices. Dip the steak pieces into the marinade. Let the beef sit for about 30 minutes so that the cornstarch sticks.
• Make the sauce by heating 2 tsp of vegetable oil in a saucepan over med/low heat.
• Add ginger and garlic to the pan to fry, then add all the remaining sauce ingredients (minus the sugar)
• Dissolve the brown sugar in the sauce, then raise the heat to about medium and boil the sauce for 2-3 minutes or until the sauce thickens.
• Remove it from the heat and set aside.
• Heat up one cup of oil in a wok until its hot but not smoking. Add the beef to the oil and saute for just two minutes, or until the beef just begins to darken on the edges. Stir the meat around a little so that it cooks evenly.
• After a couple minutes, use a large slotted spoon to take the meat out and onto paper towels, then pour the oil leaving about 1 tsp of oil in the wok. Put the pan back over the heat.
• Add the onions, then add the green onions. Cook for one minute.
• Add the beef back in and add the sauce. Cook for one minute.
• Serve on a bed of jasmine rice and garnish with coriander.