Mongolian Beef

This is my version of a mongolian beef recipe. My recipe pair with sticky rice and these are the ingredients:

For the rice:

-2 cups of short or medium grain white rice

-3 cups water

-1/2 tea spoon onion powder

-1/2 tea spoon garlic powder

-1 tea spoon salt

For the beef:

-2lb flank steak

-2 table spoons minced garlic

-2 onions chopped large

-1 cup of chopped fresh cilantro

-2 table spoons corn starch

-2 cups sliced water chestnuts

-1 tea spoon fish sauce

-2 table spons oyster sauce

-2 table spoons hoisin sauce

-1 tea spoon sesame oil

-2 table spoons soy sauce

-1 tea spoon black pepper

-salt to taste

-2 table spoons vegetable oil

-2 table spoon molasses

Here are few pics of the ingredients.

Prepare the rice about 15min prior to start cooking the beef by washing the rice on a strainer for few seconds, then add the rice to a medium size pot, add water, salt, onion and garlic powder. Mix and let it simmer at low heat with lid semi-cosed until cooked and dry.

For the beef, start trimming off any excess of fat, then cut it into 3 pieces as shown below.

Slice thin perpendicular to the meat fibers, shown here.

Mix the soy , hoisin, fish and oyster sauce.

Add the mix to the sliced beef in a ziplock bag.

Add the starch, close the bag and mix well. Let is marinate for 1h.

1h later, chop the onion in large pieces.

and add to a hot sauce pan with vegetable oil, add the garlic and saute' until golden.

Add the beef, black pepper, sesame oil and 1/2 tea spoon of salt and fry at high heat stirring constantly until most liquid from the beef has evaporated.

Add the molasses and water chestnuts and let cook for a minute or two.

For last, add the chopped cilantro and stir. Add salt to taste if necessary.

Ready to eat

Served with the sticky rice. Very juicy!