Easy Mongolian Beef

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 lb. beef bottom round steak for stir fry

  (already sliced in 1/8 or 1/16-inch thick slices)
• 2 tbsp. cornstarch
• 1-2 tbsp. avocado oil

  or olive oil
• 1 jalapeno pepper

  seeded and finely diced
• 2 tbsp. fresh ginger

  peeled and minced
• 4 large cloves garlic

  minced
• 1/2 cup Tamari gluten free low sodium soy sauce

  a low sodium soy sauce is a must or the recipe will be too salty
• 1/2 cup brown sugar

  loosely packed
• 2 tsp. cornstarch
• 3 green onions

  sliced
• 2 cups hot, cooked rice

Instructions

• 1 Toss 2 tbsp. cornstarch with beef in a large bowl.
• 2 Set aside.
• 3 Combine soy sauce, brown sugar and 2 teaspoons cornstarch in a small bowl.
• 4 Stir to combine and set aside.
• 5 Pour avocado oil into a skillet and heat to medium heat.
• 6 Add jalapeno and ginger and sauté a couple of minutes.
• 7 Add garlic and sauté one minute.
• 8 Stir in beef as evenly as possible.
• 9 Stir frequently for about 5 minutes until beef is no longer pink.
• 10 Add sauce ingredients.
• 11 Stir and heat until sauce thickens about 1-2 minutes.
• 12 Stir in green onions.
• 13 Serve over hot, cooked rice.
• 14 Garnish with additional green onions, if desired.

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