Mongolian Beef

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 8 ounces beef tenderloin (thinly sliced)
• 2 tablespoons cooking oil
• 2 stalks leeks (sliced diagonally, scallions can be substituted)
• 1 inch ginger (finely chopped)
• 3 garlic cloves (thinly sliced)
• 1 stalk shredded scallion ( part only for garnishing)
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 teaspoon chinese wine (rice wine or shaoxing wine)
• 2 teaspoons oyster sauce
• 2 tablespoons sweet soy sauce (abc kecap manis)
• 1/2 teaspoon dark soy sauce
• 3 dashes pepper powder
• 1/8 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1/4 teaspoon maggi seasoning
• salt and sugar

Recipe

• 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. 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.
• 3 serve hot.