Mongolian Beef Recipe | LaaLoosh (2024)

Don’t get me wrong – takeout is a fabulous thing. There are those nights when you are just not feeling like cooking, it’s hot, you’re tired and busy and it just isn’t happening. We all have our favorite takeout spots.

But there’s also been more than a few nights when I’ve decided to whip up my simple and easy Mongolian Beef instead of ordering it from my local Chinese restaurant. It only requires a handful of ingredients that I usually have on hand, it’s simple, healthy, and DELICIOUS!

This Mongolian Beef does require about 20 minutes of marinating. While you could, in theory, skip it if you’re in a hurry, I wouldn’t recommend it.

Marinating the beef for only 20 minutes really helps to tenderize the meat and make sure the beef has a delicious flavor that goes much deeper than just the sauce.

I like to get everything else ready while the beef is marinating. I get the scallions, peppers, garlic, and ginger ready to go for the beef. But I’ll also get any other vegetables I’m having ready to go. I’ll make rice, or cauliflower rice to go with it.

Once everything is ready to go, this goes together in a snap! Cook the beef, cook the peppers and scallions and you’re ready to eat a delicious, better-than-takeout meal in about 15 minutes.

Mongolian Beef can be very spicy, but this one is pretty mild. I make it exactly like this for the whole family. It’s nice and mild but still packed with flavor and with a little hint of spice.

When I’m making it for just myself, I’ll add extra scallions or a couple of extra red peppers to kick up the spice level a bit.

If you’re someone who really doesn’t like heat, be sure to get all those seeds and membranes out of the peppers before chopping them up.

The biggest reason why I love to make my own better-than-takeout meals is that I don’t have to sacrifice any of the flavors while making them so much healthier. Takeout usually has a lot of fat, calories, and sodium, but when you make it at home, you can make it lighter and just as tasty.

I use just a little bit of oil to cook the meat and a little more to cook the veggies. I also add a little sesame oil, because the sesame oil really adds a delicious, authentic flavor to any Asian dish I’m cooking.

A little fish sauce, some reduced sodium soy sauce, ginger, and garlic, and the spices are taken care of. Be sure to use reduced sodium soy sauce or the saltiness of the sauce will overwhelm the flavor of the dish.

When I have takeout, not only is it high in fat, calories, and sodium, but I usually don’t have an abundance of veggies either. That means that I end up eating WAY too many of my points.

But, when I make it at home, I can load the rest of my plate with other Asian recipes and they can all be veggies. I love these Chinese Garlic Green Beans, but give Spicy Bok Choy a try too. Or, if you’re looking for something besides the traditional rice, these Zucchini Miso Ponzu Noodles are perfect.

Mongolian Beef is a classic takeout dish that’s been lightened up without sacrificing any of the delicious flavors. Give this one a try next time you’re craving take out and you’ll never look back!