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Mongolian Beef

Monday, 26 May 2008

Description

 

 

This recipe and others can be found in the following article:

 Oodles and Oodles of Asian Noodles

by Nancy Gerlach, Fiery-Foods.com Food Editor Emeritus 

 

 

Ingredients

At a glance
Cuisine
Asian
Ingredient
Beef
Cooking Method
Stir-Fry
Heat Level
3
Chile
Thai
Meal/Course
Dinner
Main Course
Serves
4 to 6
For the Beef:
  • 1 pound flank or round steak, thinly sliced in pieces 1 1/2 inches by 3/4 inches

  • 2 cups vegetable oil for deep-frying

  • 2 to 3-ounces rice vermicelli noodles

  • 4 small dried red chiles, such as piquin or Thai

  • 2 cloves garlic, minced

  • 1 tablespoon hoisin sauce

  • 1 tablespoon hot bean sauce

  • 8 green onions, cut in 1 1/2-inch lengths

For the Marinade:

  • 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce

  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil

  • 1 tablespoon rice wine or dry sherry

  • 2 teaspoons cornstarch

  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil

  • 1/2 teaspoon sugar

Methods/steps

Slice the beef across grain and at an angle into thin strips. Combine all the ingredients for the marinade in bowl and mix well. Add the beef and marinate, at room temperature for an hour, or in the refrigerator for up to 4 hours.

Heat a wok until hot, add the oil and heat to a temperature of 375 degrees F. Gently loosen the roll of noodles with your fingers and break into 3 portions. Carefully lower one of the portions of the noodles into the oil with a slotted spoon and press under the oil for 2 seconds until puffed and crisp. Immediately remove the noodles from wok and drain. Repeat with remaining noodles.

Pour off all but 1 to 2 tablespoons of the oil and reheat. Add the chiles and garlic and stir-fry for a minute. Add the beef and stir-fry until the meat is lightly browned.

Add the hoisin sauce, hot bean sauce, cornstarch and on-half cup water to the wok. Bring to a boil over medium heat and add the green onions. Simmer for a couple of minutes to thicken the sauce so it clings to the meat.

To serve, place the noodles on a platter and top with the meat.

Additional Tips

This Mandarin recipe also goes by the name of Beijing Beef. The crispy noodles add texture to this simple, stir-fry beef and green onions dish. Some recipes call for soaking the noodles before frying as the only way to get really crisp noodles, but putting wet noodles in hot oil will cause the oil to spatter and may cause burns, so I don’t recommend frying them this way. Just be sure they are crisp before removing and remember that they puff up quickly, so don’t put too many in the wok at any one time.

 

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