I found a cheap cut of beef on sale a few weeks ago and froze it because I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with it. Then I remembered my kids had been talking about going out for Chinese recently. Chinese food, Mexican food, and Italian are the foods we go out for the least. My family loves to eat out once in awhile but the conversation during dinner usually turns to this is good but I like yours better. So, we tend to eat dinner out once a month or less. Sometimes I just want to sit down and be served.
This was one of those nights that we wanted Chinese but didn’t want to order out or go out.
Verdict:
This was REALLY good. Because the cut of beef was a cheaper cut I took most of the fat off the outside edges and cut the sinew out if I ran into it. Because it cooked in the slow cooker it had time to get really tender and soak in all those good sauce flavors. My family loves sauce so I made plenty for them to put over the dish. Usually this dish doesn’t have that much sauce so if you don’t like sauce cut the sauce part in half.
I served this with rice and a side of steamed broccoli to complete the meal.
TIP: Freeze your steak or roast for 1/2 hour before cutting into thin pieces. This will make it easier to cut thin slices.
Ingredients:
- 2 pounds+ roast trimmed sliced thinly sliced against the grain, remove any visible fat layers
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
- 2-3 cloves garlic, finely minced
- 1 teaspoon fresh ginger, or couple pinches of powdered ginger, to taste
- 1 cup soy sauce, low sodium if available
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- a couple pinches of red pepper
- 1 cup beef stock
- 1/2 cup green onions for garnish
- rice for serving, if desired
Directions:
- Place the beef in a bowl with the cornstarch and toss to coat evenly.
- Remove beef from bowl and place in the slow cooker.
- Pour the sesame oil, garlic, ginger, soy sauce, brown sugar, red pepper, and stock in the slow cooker. Stir to coat the meat in the sauce.
- Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours until steak is cooked through. Stir well, taste, and adjust spices to your liking.
- Serve over rice if desired topped with green onion.
What's for Dinner Moms? 
This looks already good and to tell from the ingredients and the recipe it is a great Asian dish!
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Thank you so very much Erika!
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Ah, you are welcome, Marci 😊
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How in the world did you know I’ve been craving Mongolian Beef?! Mind reader. lol 😋🌿
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Lol! And you with the lobster!
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I had to take full advantage of the locale. lol 🦞🌿🦐🌿🦞
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This sounds so good and it’s also beautiful!
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Thank you! I cannot wait to order your cookbook on payday!
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You are so kind!
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Very beautiful dish!
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Thank you!
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My sauce comes out chunky rather than smooth. How do I correct that?
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It may be that the cornstarch coating on the beef may be too thick. Also you can try thinning it out with a little bit of cold water or beef stock a tablespoon or two at a time if it is too thick. Hope this helps!
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i’ll definitely try it 🙂
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Hello, Its very nice to read my country name! Its writing from Mongolia. And i like to say that beef is looking good !
In Mongolia actually we dont have use so many ingredients for cooking, you may know about that our half people are living in countryside. There are care about their animals/cows, sheeps, yaks, horses/. and living in countryside. All meats are so eco and very delicious. 🙂
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Nice! We Americanize so many dishes here it is great to hear first hand what a country is really like. Thank you!
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But its only in contryside. In the city we have so many dishes too kkk😅.
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