Mongolian Beef - P.F. Chang`s

• servings: 4 servings
• active time: 10 minutes
• total time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

2 teaspoons vegetable oil

1/2 teaspoon ginger, minced

1 tablespoon garlic, chopped

1/3 cup regular soy sauce

2 Tablespoons dark soy sauce

1/2 cup water (Try Beef Broth)

3/4 cup dark brown sugar

vegetable oil, for frying ( about 1 cup)

1 lb flank steak

1/4 cup cornstarch

2 large green onions, sliced on the diagonal into one-inch lengths

Directions

Make the sauce:

heat 2 tsp of vegetable oil in a medium saucepan over med/low heat. Don't get the oil too hot.

Add ginger and garlic to the pan and quickly saute until fragrent.

Add soy sauce and water before the garlic scorches.

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 sauce from the heat.

Make the Steak:

Slice the flank steak against the grain into 1/4" thick bite-size slices (Tilt the blade of your knife at about a forty five degree angle to the top of the steak so that you get wider cuts).

Dip the steak pieces into the cornstarch to apply a very thin dusting to both sides of each piece of beef.

Let the beef sit for about 10 minutes so that the cornstarch sticks.

As the beef sits, heat up one cup of oil in a wok (you may also use a skillet or deep fryer for this step as long as the beef will be mostly covered with oil).

Heat the oil over medium heat until it's nice and hot, but not smoking.

Add the beef to the oil and sauté 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 out of the wok or skillet.

Put the wok or pan back over the heat, dump the meat back into it.

Add the sauce, cook for one minute while stirring.

add all the green onions.

Cook for one more minute, then remove the beef and onions with tongs or a slotted spoon to a serving plate.

Serve the excess sauce on the side.

Serve with rice or LoMein and enjoy!

Nutrition

• Calories: 285.9
• Total Fat: 19.5
• Saturated Fat: 6.8
• Cholesterol: 72.4
• Sodium: 1050.5
• Total Carbohydrate: 8.5
• Dietary Fiber: 0.5
• Total Sugars: 6.9
• Protein: 18.9