This Mongolian beef is perfect for those at home takeaway nights. It tastes just as good, if not better, than takeaway. Even better, it’s made in the slow cooker which makes for an easy dinner.

This slow cooked beef tastes amazing served with rice and a side of steamed broccoli. It can easily be made with just the meat, but I added capsicum and carrots to increase the vegetable content. Feel free to leave them out or substitute with different vegetables if you prefer.

The sauce in this Mongolian beef contains a decent amount of soy sauce, so it’s important to use salt reduced soy sauce. If you only have regular soy sauce on hand, try halving the amount you use from the 1/2 cup in the recipe to 1/4 cup, otherwise you may find the end result much too salty.

More slow cooker dinner ideas

Slow cookers are perfect for quick, fuss free family dinners. Check out the following recipes for more slow cooker recipe inspiration:

• Slow cooker carrot soup
• Slow cooker chicken wild rice soup
• Slow cooker glazed carrots
• Slow cooker apricot chicken
• Slow cooker butter chicken
• Slow cooker bolognese
• Slow cooker beef and broccoli

What you need

Ready to make this delicious Mongolian beef? You will need the following ingredients, as well as a slow cooker:

• Beef steak, cut into strips – Use a lean cut of beef.
• Cornflour – The cornflour thickens the sauce.
• Sesame oil
• Garlic – Use fresh or jar garlic.
• Ginger – Use fresh or jar ginger.
• Brown sugar – The brown sugar could be replaced with white sugar, however the brown sugar gives the dish the slightest caramel taste.
• Low salt soy sauce – If using ordinary soy sauce, be sure to halve the amount used or the dish may be too salty.
• Water
• Carrots
• Red capsicum
• Spring onions
• Sesame seeds

Step by step instructions

If you haven’t already, start by cutting the beef into thin strips. While it’s not essential, it makes it easier to cut the beef into perfect strips if the beef is still partially frozen. Sometime I actually cheat when I make this dish and use pre-cut stir fry beef strips.

Add the beef strips to a bowl along with the cornflour. Stir until the beef is evenly coated in the cornflour. Set aside.

Prepare your slow cooker then add the sesame oil, garlic, ginger, brown sugar, soy sauce and water to the slow cooker bowl. Stir until well combined. Add the coated beef, carrot and capsicum to the slow cooker and stir to combine with the sauce ingredients.

Cook for 3 hours on high, or 5 hours on low. Just before serving, stir through the spring onions and sesame seeds. Serve the beef with rice and steamed vegetables.