Mongolian Beef

Sunday night I cooked Mongolian Beef for dinner. I have had this recipe from a couple years now and I finally decided to try it. I wish I had tried it sooner! I think next time I might try it with chicken. Not sure how that would work with the cornstarch though. Sorry I forgot to take pictures.

Ingredients:

1 lb flank steak

¼ cup cornstarch

2 teaspoons vegetable oil

½ teaspoon ginger (minced)

1 tablespoon garlic (minced)

½ cup soy sauce

1/2 cup water

½ cup brown sugar

2 tablespoons rice wine

½ teaspoon red pepper flakes

2 green onions (sliced)

1 medium onion (sliced)

Oil (for frying)

Cooking Instructions:

Step 1: To make the sauce- in a sauce pan heat 2 teaspoons of oil. Add garlic and ginger, stir fry 10 seconds. Add soy sauce, wine and water. Add brown sugar and dissolve into the sauce. Add red pepper flakes. Bring the sauce to a boil and boil for 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat.

Step 2: Slice the flank steak against the grain into ¼” thick slices. Tilt the knife blade at a 45 degree angle to the top of the steak to get wider cuts. Toss the steak slices with cornstarch and let the beef sit for 10 minutes (this is very important, do not skip).

Step 3: Heat up about a cup of oil in your wok to about medium heat. Add the beef slices to the wok and cook for 3 minutes (or use a deep fryer). 

Step 4: Remove the meat from the wok with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Drain all of the oil from the wok expect about a tablespoon. Add onions to the wok and stir fry for 2 minutes. Add the steak back to the wok and pour in the sauce. Cook while stirring until the sauce began to bubble.

Here is the website I found the recipe on: http://blogchef.net/mongolian-beef-recipe/

On another note I got the results back of my blood work and it was not good. My A1C was 6.1 which isn't too bad but it still went up from 5.8. The really bad thing was they checked my liver function and it came back bad. I can't remember what it was but basically not only am I fat but my liver is fat too. Heh. The Gastro doctor did tell me to stop taking the Zantac and take a Prilosec in the AM and the PM and it seems to be helping A LOT. I have had very little stomach issues at all since!