Mongolian Style Ground Beef
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Updated November 2024
This recipe is a quick and easy meal you can have on the table in under 30 minutes. You can use any ground meat – beef, pork, chicken or turkey – and you can add any vegetables you have on hand, like broccoli, snow peas, shredded carrots, or zucchini. Serve with steamed rice or noodles and a fried egg for a heartier meal.
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp Farm Boy™ Virgin Cold-Pressed Sunflower Oil (1 L)
- 750 g lean ground beef (or pork, chicken, or turkey)
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 Tbsp ginger cut into thin matchsticks
- 2 red bell peppers diced
- 1/3 cup low sodium soy sauce
- 2-4 Tbsp brown sugar or to taste
- 3/4 cup Farm Boy™ Organic Chicken Broth
- 1 Tbsp cornstarch
- 2 Tbsp sambal oelek or sriracha sauce to taste
- Salt and black pepper to taste
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 3 green onions cut into 1 1/2" pieces
- 2 Tbsp sesame seeds for garnish
- Steamed rice
Directions
- In large frying pan or wok, heat oil over high heat.
- Add ground meat and cook, breaking up with a spoon, until no longer pink, about 5 minutes. Drain all but 1 Tbsp fat.
- Add ginger, garlic and bell peppers and cook until vegetables are tender and meat starts to brown, about 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in small bowl combine soy sauce, sugar, chicken broth, cornstarch and sambal oelek and mix until everything is dissolved. Add sauce to meat mixture and simmer until sauce thickens, 3-4 minutes.
- Adjust seasonings and add salt and pepper to taste and stir in sesame oil and green onions.
- Serve over steamed rice garnished with sesame seeds.