Incredibly tasty Mongolian ground beef recipe. This ground beef recipe is made with very light and simple stir fry sauce. Extremely delicious, quick, and budget-friendly. Soon to be your favourite weeknight dinner.
If you like my Chilli Pepper Beef recipe you will definitely like this Mongolian ground beef recipe too. This dish is so versatile, that you can swap it with chicken, lamb, or any ground meat ( minced meat ). Ingredients used in this recipe are pantry-friendly and available at most supermarkets and Chinese/Oriental grocery stores.
What is Mongolian Ground Beef?
Mongolian ground beef is another version of the Mongolian beef which is a very popular Chinese-American restaurant dish, originated in Taiwan and recreated in America. In the original recipe, the beefsteak is cut into thin slices and cooked with a sweet and savory sauce. Like how the signature Singapore Noodles is originated outside of Singapore, Mongolian beef also is a Chinese-American dish that is not a recipe from Mongolia.
In this recipe, ground beef is used instead of steak cuts and it takes less cooking time. This is a very versatile dish and you can prepare in less than 30 minutes using your favorite type of ground meat. If you wish to try with noodles, Mongolian Ground Beef Noodles also is a very easy noodles dish that you can make with spaghetti noodles or egg noodles. I will update the recipe for this soon too.
How To Make At Home
It is very easy to make it at home and you will only need basic ingredients available in your pantry. This saucy dish is a perfect combination of ground beef, sweet, and savory brown sauce, and spring onions. I added one large chili to bring a bit of heat to the dish.
It is originally not a spicy dish but you can add fresh or dry chilies to bring out more flavor and color to the dish. You can add the dry chilies in whole without chopping to make it less spicy. This dish is originally a bit overly sweet dish with extra sugar added but my recipe will not be too sweet or too oily.
It is best to use dark brown or brown sugar for this dish. The level of saltiness may also differ with the soy sauce brands we use, so try a little bit of it to taste and adjust according to your preference.
Here is the simple steps you need to make :
Prepare the vegetables by finely chop the garlic cloves, cut spring onions, and chilli into thin slices, cut onion into small dices. Marinate the ground beef with sesame oil, ginger chopped, and white pepper for 10 to 15 minutes.
Gather all the sauce ingredients and mix it all in a small bowl.
Stir fry the chopped garlic and onions first and follow with the marinated beef. Cook until the beef changed colour.
Pour the sauce mixture in, continue to stir fry with medium-high heat until cooked through. Add chilli slices and stir for few seconds. Turn off the heat and follow with chopped spring onion. Stir well to combine all ingredients evenly.
Make a taste test and add extra salt and pepper if needed.
How to serve this dish?
Perfect with a bowl of hot steamed rice, fried rice. For a healthier option, serve it with cauliflower rice, brown rice, or any of your favourite steamed vegetables.
Lifehack – If there is any leftover, mix it with eggs and make a delicious meaty omelette dish at the next meal. If you love ground beef, here are more of our family's favourite Asian ground beef recipes ( Asian minced beef recipes ) you can try out:
- Korean Beef Bowl ( Stir fry ground beef with Korean style sweet, spicy, savoury sauce. )
- Ground Beef Curry ( Aromatic Indian style ground beef and potato curry. )
- Chilli Pepper Beef ( Ground Beef ) ( Viewers' favourite stir fry Asian ground beef recipe! )
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📖 Recipe
Mongolian Ground Beef Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ Onion cut small dices
- 3-4 cloves Garlic finely chopped
- 5-6 Spring onions cut thin slices
- 300 g Ground beef (beef mince) lean cut or less in fat
- 2 tbsp Vegetable oil
- 1 Red Chilli optional
Beef marinade
- 1 tsp Sesame oil
- 1 tsp Ginger paste finely grated ginger
- ¼ tsp White/black pepper
Stir Fry Sauce
- 2 tbsp Brown sugar
- 2 tbsp Light soy sauce
- 1 tsp Dark soy sauce
- ¼ cup Chicken stock/broth
- ½ tsp Corn/potato starch(flour)
Instructions
- Mix the ground beef with sesame oil, ginger chopped and white pepper. Marinate for 15 mins and set aside.
- Finely chop the garlic cloves, cut spring onions and chilli into thin slices, cut onion into small dices.
- Heat the pan to medium high heat , drizzle two tablespoon of oil and add the chopped garlic and stir for few seconds then add the onions and stir for 1 min.
- Add the marinated beef and stir till the beef slightly colour changed, then add the sauce mixture in. Stir fry with medium high heat until the sauce are absorbed and beef is cooked.
- Add chilli slices and stir for few seconds. Turn off the heat and add the spring onion slices. Stir well to combine all ingredients evenly. Make a taste test and add extra salt and pepper if needed.
- Serve over a cooked rice and garnish with chopped spring onions. Enjoy!
Oatsie says
Thanks Khin. I love your recipes. This was very tasty. I added carrot strips, broccoli and red pepper. The whole family enjoyed it 😋 Will definitely do it again.
Felicity says
Delicious, left out the ginger because I really don’t like it but it was absolutely fabulous. Will be adding it to the rotation.
Khin says
Glad that you enjoyed it, Felicity. It's totally fine to omit ginger.
Charlina says
This is delicious! The only thing I will do different is cook the beef with the seasoning but drain the hamburger meat. Plus I used Waygu hamburger
Khin says
Glad that you enjoyed it, Charlina. Sounds so delicious with Wagyu hamburger beef.
Laurie says
This was very good. I used shaved steak and added mushrooms. Then I mixed in a bag of rice with carrots and broccoli
David says
I had some leftover V2 vegan mince and was looking for something that was not a bolognese to make. I was blown away by how well it worked with this recipe. I also used a brown sugar replacement to lower the calories. I served it with brown rice cooked in veggie stock and saffron, and I garnished it with julienned carrot for freshness. This was SO GOOD. As well as being delicious, it was easy to prep and cook. I will be making this again in the future. I can see this going into a weekly rotation.
Khin says
So glad that you enjoyed this recipe, David. Sounds so delicious. We love it have it with brown rice and steamed veggies too.
Putyisef says
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Lexy says
This was deliciously tasty my family absolutely loved it and the flavor! I was looking for something different to make and I’m glad I made it! . A slight change is I added extra seasoning from the ingredients and added sage sausage with my ground beef. Mmmm
Khin says
Thank you so much for sharing. I am so happy that you enjoyed the recipe Lexy.
Dick Safranski says
My wife and I love this recipe, can't wait to get all of the ingredients for the sauce!
I made this with ingredients I normally stock in the kitchen.
I put this over jasmine rice.
Going to use chicken today.
Khin says
We love to cook this recipe with chicken mince too. Perfect with a bowl of jasmine rice. Hope you enjoy trying out!
Suarni Levine says
It’s very simple and easy to follow. I love it. Thank you.
Lizper says
This is my kids approved recipe. I added broccoli and red bell pepper so I don’t have to cook vegetables separately during our meal.
Khin says
Sounds so good with bell pepper and broccoli! Thank you so much for taking time sharing feedback Lizper! ❤
Cath says
Just love this recipe I used a dried Guajillo Chile which worked perfectly so great flavors 💕
Khin says
Sounds so delicious! So glad that you tried out this recipe, Cath.