Keto Mongolian Beef originated in Taiwan. It is a juicy and tasty low-carb dish usually not spicy. It is usually served with Cauliflower rice or garlic noodles. Ginger, garlic, soy sauce, and green onions with beef in this recipe provide such a delicious combination that you crave it once a week at least. Moreover Keto Mongolian Beef is a quick and easy to prepare low carb and high-protein dish that is very healthy and savoury.
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EQUIPMENT:
- A Saucepan
- Serving dish
INGREDIENTS:
- 680 Grams of Beef, Ground.
- One-fourth teaspoon of Ginger, powdered.
- 2/3 cup of swerve, brown.
- Grated garlic, 1 Tbsp.
- 5 Green onions
- Half a cup of Soy sauce.
- 2 tablespoons of Avocado Oil.
- Sesame Oil Two teaspoons.
- 1/2 cup of Water
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INSTRUCTIONS:
- Clean the green onions by removing any dead pieces. Wash it thoroughly.
- Cut away the white part and use it later.
- Now cut each stalk of green onion into three long pieces and place it on a side.
- Heat the wok on the stove. Add one teaspoon of avocado oil.
- Add ginger and garlic. Saute until roasted.
- Then add Soy sauce and water and bring it to a boil.
- Transfer the sauce to empty the wok.
- Add 1 tsp. of Avocado oil. Let it heat up.
- Now add Ground beef and continue breaking it up till it changes the color.
- Cook until tender and brown. Now add the Sauce mixture again to the pan.
- Cook a little then take out the beef with the help of a spoon that is slotted so that most of the sauce remains in the saucepan.
- Place this beef in your serving dish.
- Now add green onion and saute for some time.
- When they cook and get flat, then take them out and spread them over beef.
- Reduced the sauce to half by cooking and then mixed it with sesame oil.
- Now pour this thickened gravy-like sauce over the prepared beef.
- Garnish it with sesame seeds.
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TIPS:
If you don’t want to wait for the sauce to thicken by reducing then you can use Xanthum gum to thicken the sauce immediately without reducing the amount of sauce mixture.
To suit your taste preferences, use high or low amounts of sweetener.
STORAGE INSTRUCTIONS:
For no more than four days, you can keep Keto Mongolian Beef in the refrigerator.
Reheat it on low to medium heat in the pan with a little water until warm enough.
FAQs:
How to thicken up the sauce of keto Mongolian beef?
The common method to thicken the sauce is that we use corn flour but it is high in carbohydrates. So, we use Xanthum gum which is a keto-friendly thickener, or simply reduce the sauce to half the amount so that it will thicken automatically.
What makes the Mongolian beef keto-friendly?
Usually, Mongolian beef recipe uses high-carb sweeteners and high-carb cornstarch or flour as a thickener.
To make it more keto-friendly, You should replace the high-calorie sweeteners with swerve or erythritol and cornstarch with Xanthum gum
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NUTRITIONAL FACTS per serving:
Total servings: 4 people
Calories: 539 kcal
Carbohydrates: 3 grams.
Proteins: 33 g
Fats: 43 grams
Fibers: 1 g
Sugar: 1 gram.
Free Keto Meal Plan: STEP-BY-STEP KETO DIET PLAN FOR BEGINNERS