Learn how to make Mongolian Beef - Chinese recipes

 

Ingredients:


8 oz beef tenderloin (thinly sliced)

2 tbsp cooking oil

1 inch ginger (finely chopped)

2 stalks leeks (sliced diagonally)

1 stalk shredded scallion (white part only for garnishing)

3 cloves garlic (thinly sliced)



Marinate:

1 tsp corn starch

1 tsp soy sauce

1 tbsp water

1 tsp Chinese cooking wine (rice wine or Shaoxing wine)



Sauce:

2 tsp oyster sauce

2 tbsp sweet soy sauce (ABC Kecap Manis / Sweet Ketchup)

1/2 tsp dark soy sauce

3 dashes white pepper powder

1/8 tsp sesame oil

1/4 tsp Maggi seasoning

Salt and sugar to taste



Method:

1. Marinate the beef slices with the seasonings for 30 minutes. Heat up a wok with 1 tablespoon of oil and stir-fry the marinated beef until they are half-done. Dish out and set aside.

2. Heat up another 1 tablespoon of oil and saute the garlic and ginger until aromatic. Add the beef back into the wok and then the sauce.

3. Continue to stir-fry until the beef slices are almost done, then add the leeks into the wok. Do a few quick stirs, add salt and sugar to taste, dish out and garnish with the shredded scallions.

4. Serve hot.