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Ingredients
- 4 tsp. vegetable oil
- 2 tsp. ginger, minced
- 2 Tbsp. garlic, minced
- 1 c. soy sauce
- 1 c. water
- 1 c. brown sugar (packed)
- 2 c. vegetable oil
- 2 Lb. flank steaks
- 1/2 c. cornstarch
- 3 large green onions
Preparation
Step 1
Make the sauce by heating 4 tsp. vegetable oil in a medium saucepan over medium/low heat. Don’t get the oil too hot. Add ginger and garlic to the pan and quickly add the soy sauce and water before the garlic scorches. Dissolve the brown sugar in the sauce, then raise the heat to medium and boil the sauce 2-3 minutes or until sauce thickens a little bit. Remove sauce from heat.
Slice the flank steak against the grain into 1/4 inch slices. Tilt the blade of your knife at about a 45 degree angle to the top of the steak so you get wider cuts. Dip the steak pieces into cornstarch to apply a very thin dusting to both sides of each piece of beef. Let the beef sit about 10 min. so the cornstarch sticks. As the beef sits, heat up 1 c. oil in a wok (or skillet). Heat the oil over medium heat until its hot, but not smoking. Add the beef to the oil and saute for just 2 minutes, or until beef just begins to darken on the edges. Stir the meat around a little bit so that it cooks evenly.
After a few minutes, use a large slotted spoon to take the meat out and onto paper towels, then pour most of the oil out of the skillet. Put the pan back over the heat, dump the meat back into it and stir-fry for 1 minute. Add the sauce, cook for 1 minute while stirring and add green onions. Cook for 1 more minute. Now at this point you can either remove the beef with a slotted spoon or tongs and discard the sauce (this is what P.F. Chang's does) OR thicken the sauce with a cornstarch-water mixture to desired thickness and serve it over rice with the beef.
We tried this last night and it was phenomenal!!! During the whole meal, my husband and I couldn't stop marveling at how great it turned out. I used round steaks since that's what I needed to use up but followed everything else to the letter. Definitely will make this again!
I'm definitely going to make it again, and am wondering if anyone can help me figure out what I'm missing- I had 1 cup of vegetable oil left over at the end, that the recipe called for but I didn't use?
R u girls are mongolians? Because this recipe is great! But I would add extra onions and garlic .
just made this tonight. Easy to make, easy to eat. Loved the sauce!
I made this and when I cooked the beef in the oil all the cornstarch breading stuck to the pan, all of it! I don’t know what I can do for it to come out right, I let the beef sit in the cornstarch for the suggested 10 min. and used enough oil, so I’m not sure what went wrong? Cooked on med. to med. high heat. any suggestions
I do make one adjustment: I cook it all in one pot. Starting w the sauce, then I add the meat straight to it omitting the 2nd calling of oil.
I made this today for my boyfriend’s birthday. This was Wonderful! Will definitely make this again, I will cut down on the sugar next time a little sweet for me, but the flavor is incredible! I might even add some red pepper flakes to spice it up a little bit. Thanks for sharing this recipe. I love your site!!
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