Name: Crispy Sticky Mongolian Beef
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2 -3
Ingredients: 8 oz / 250g beef steak ((rump, scotch or flank), sliced into 1/5" / 3mm slices (Note 1)); 1 tsp soy sauce; 1 tsp cornstarch/cornflour; 1 tsp vegetable oil; 2 tsp cornflour / cornstarch; 1/4 cup water; 2 tbsp soy sauce (light or all purpose, NOT dark); 1/4 cup chicken broth; 1 1/2 tbsp Chinese cooking wine or dry sherry, or more chicken broth (Note 2); 3 tbsp / 1/4 cup brown sugar, lightly packed; 1/4 - 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil (Note 1); 1/4 cup cornstarch/cornflour; 1/2 tsp ginger, finely minced; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 2 scallions/shallots, cut into 1 1/2" / 4cm pieces on the diagonal