Mongolian beef

Marie Anderson

Ingredients

  • Beef
  • 40 g cornflour
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 2 tsp crushed ginger (thumbsize) minced
  • 650 g rump steak thinly sliced (or lean frying steak)
  • 2 cloves garlic chopped and minced
  • 30 ml soy sauce
  • 200 ml water
  • 30 g honey
  • 1/2 tsp chilli flakes (optional)
  • 2 spring onions finely chopped
  • Pinch salt and pepper
  • Mixed Veg
  • 1 red pepper -strips
  • Mushroom - handful sliced
  • 1 courgette -sticks (defluffed)
  • 2 tsp water
  • 1 tsp sunflower oil
  • Noodles
  • 400 g fresh egg noodles
  • 1 tsp sunflower oil

Directions

  • Coat beef in cornflour and set aside
  • Heat pan add garlic and ginger constantly stirring for 30 seconds (do not brown)
  • Add beef and pinch of salt and pepper and fry until cooked through
  • Add soy sauce, water, honey and chilli flakes and simmer for 5 to 10 mins
  • Whilst beef simmering prepare veg if not already done
  • Add 1tsp oil to pan and stir fry veg 4 minutes before end of beef simmering, add water if needed
  • Add 1 tsp oil to seperate pan and stir fry noodles 2-4 mins stir constantly
  • Once noodles and veg cooked add both to pan with beef
  • Mix well and serve immediately with spring onion on top