Chinese Mongolian Beef
Serves 2
- ½ pound beef tenderloin
- 2 scallions , sliced into sections around 3cm
- 3 green onions , sliced into sections around 3cm long
- 2 dried chili pepper , optional, cut into slices and seeds removed
- 1 inch root ginger , peeled and cut into shreds
- 1 middle size egg , only egg white needed
- Marinade Sauce:
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon light soy sauce
- ½ tablespoon oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoon cooking wine
- 1 teaspoon black pepper powder
- 1 teaspoon starch , cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- Stir-fry sauce:
- 2 tablespoons cooking wine
- 1 teaspoon dark soy sauce
- ½ teaspoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- Cut the beef into thin slices.
- Add salt, black pepper powder, starch and light soy sauce in the beef within a small blow and mix evenly.
- Just before cooking process, add egg white to marinated beef and stir in one direction until you get a paste.
- Heat up cooking oil in wok and stir fry beef slices around 1 to 2 minutes or until the beef begins to change color.
- Move the beef slices out and leave the oil in wok. Add ginger slices, ⅔ of scallion sections and chili pepper shred to cook until aroma.
- Return the beef slices in wok, do a quick fry and stir in stir fry sauce. Turn off the fire and add green onion sections and the left scallion. Mix well.
- Transfer to serving bowl and serve hot