We love this easy Slow Cooker Mongolian Beef Recipe! No need to get take out when you can make this delicious and easy recipe at home. The flavors blend together for the best dish that the entire family will love.
Crock Pot Mongolian Beef Recipe:
We love getting Chinese take out but it really gets expensive for our family. Now, we make this instead and save a ton of money while enjoying a really great dinner. The flank steak is cooked with soy sauce, brown sugar and ginger and it taste better then what you would get at a Chinese restaurant.
The best part is the crock pot does all the work so that dinner time is a breeze. Crock pot Mongolian Beef is so tasty and really satisfies that craving for Chinese food.
You can also make Instant Pot Mongolian Beef Recipe. It is just as good but ready in 20 minutes! Perfect for the nights you forgot to plan for dinner.
We love our Crock Pot!
We love crock pots around here. I have several and they get tons of use. If you are in the market for something new, I really love my Instant Pot Aura Multi-Cooker. The nice thing about this is you can brown the meat right in the same slow cooker!
Cooking the meat in the crock pot saves me so much time as I only have one pan to clean! It has become of my favorite kitchen appliances.
I also really like this crockpot as well. My favorite feature is that you can lock the lid down. This is awesome for when you need to take the crockpot to a family get together or party!
Another favorite is this programmable crock pot for when I am am not at home all day. I love coming home to a nice meal ready and waiting!
Mongolian Beef makes a great stir fry!
Did you know that you can also make this recipe as a stir fry? That is why I love this recipe! It is great in the instant pot, crock pot and even on your stove top!
You use the same ingredients you just cook it in a Wok or a iron skillet. Just start with some olive oil and add the flank steak and the remaining ingredients. Dinner will be done in about 30 minutes.
We love making a stir fry at our house! It is a great way to use up vegetables that you have leftover from the week and make a great meal.
Why is it called Mongolian Beef?
This dish actually originated in Taiwan and the name refers to Mongolian BBQ, a style of food and not a place. This style of food is very popular in Taiwan and is where the first Mongolian restaurants starting opening up.
This type of beef is a Chinese-American dish and is very popular at Chinese restaurants. It is tenderized slices of meat that is simmered together in a sweet and savory sauce.
Mongolian Beef Ingredients:
- Flank Steak
- cornstarch
- minced garlic
- low sodium Soy Sauce
- Water
- Brown Sugar
- Carrots
- green onions and sesame seeds or sesame oil, for garnish
How to make Slow Cooker Mongolian Beef?
This recipe is so east to make! The beef melts in your mouth and cooks perfectly in the crockpot!
- Cut the flank steak into thin strips across the grain so that you have a tender bite.
- Place the flank steak in a large Ziplock bag with cornstarch.
- Shake to coat the flank steak and then place the steak in the crock pot.
- In a small bowl mix together the garlic, soy sauce, brown sugar, carrots and other seasonings to the slow cooker.
- Pour the soy sauce mixture into the crock pot.
- Stir everything together and let the slow cooker do all the work. Cover and cook on high 2-3 hours or on low 4-5 hours until cooked throughout and tender. Cooking time will vary.
What to serve with Mongolian Beef?
We love to serve Mongolian Beef over rice and garnish with the green onions and sesame seeds. Did you know that you can also cook rice in the slow cooker? I like to cook a ton of rice in my crock pot and then freeze rice for recipes like this one. This way I always have some cooked rice on hand for recipes that require it or for a quick side dish in not time at all.
To complete our meal, we like steamed broccoli in the microwave for a quick and easy side dish. It is so simple and really delicious with Mongolian Beef.
Have you roasted broccoli in the oven? It has become one of my favorite side dishes and the broccoli comes out perfectly! You might also like this amazing oven roasted parmesan asparagus recipe.
Are there any substitutes for Flank Steak?
We generally use flank steak but you can try using round steak or skirt steak. I like to use what I can purchase on sale at the grocery store or already have in the freezer.
The great thing about this recipe is how versatile it is. It is easy to modify for what you have on hand and this really helps your budget. By cooking like this, it really helps me to save money on groceries. It is a huge help to our budget.
If you do not prefer red meat, you can also make this with chicken instead. Follow the same process and slice the chicken breasts or thighs to make a delicious instant pot Mongolian chicken meal.
Other Variations:
If you have a gluten allergy, coconut aminos can be used instead of the soy sauce in this recipe. Coconut Aminos still has that great soy sauce taste but is a gluten free product so you can still enjoy this great Mongolian beef recipe in the crock pot. You can also try some hoisin sauce.
If you prefer spicy dishes, you may also add red pepper flakes to this beef dish to add some kick to this Mongolian beef recipe.
This recipe calls for shredded carrots and I love to use this vegetable grater to shred my carrots quickly. However, if you do not like carrots, you can use broccoli instead to make a delicious instant pot beef and broccoli recipe for your family to enjoy.
Try this Slow Cooker Mongolian Beef Recipe today!
You will love having such an easy recipe to prepare for your family. It really helps having something that is so easy to prepare during busy week nights. Dinner time does not have to be hectic when you have easy and delicious recipes like this one to cook. It really helps to avoid the temptation as well from eating out or getting take out to bring home.
Knowing you can come home and have dinner waiting in the slow cooker really takes the stress out of meal time. You will love this meal! The garlic coating the meat really gives this an amazing flavor and one of our favorite slow cooker recipe.
How to store leftovers:
If you do have leftovers, you can keep it in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to four days. It is also great to freeze for up to 4 months in a freezer container. This is why I love making extra rice for these leftovers!
But our favorite way to eat the Mongolian Beef is for lunch! My husband loves when we have a serving leftover so he can enjoy it for lunch the next day! You can also freeze individual servings for your lunch on a later date. It is also great for my boys as they are always hungry!
Make Slow Cooker Mongolian Beef today!
This recipe is a crowd pleaser! It is perfect for a family meal or prepare for a game day get together. Everyone that has it always says how great and tender the beef is.
We know that you will agree that this will be added to your meal plan weekly!
Print this slow cooker Mongolian beef recipe below:
Slow Cooker Mongolian Beef
Ingredients
- 2 pounds Flank Steak
- 1/3 cups cornstarch
- 2 teaspoons minced Garlic
- ¾ cups Soy Sauce
- ¾ cups Water
- ¾ cups Brown Sugar
- 1 cup shredded Carrots
- green onions and sesame seeds for garnish
Instructions
- Slice flank steak into thin strips.
- In a ziplock bag add flank steak pieces and cornstarch. Shake to coat.
- Place in the slow cooker.
- Add minced garlic, soy sauce, water, brown sugar and carrots to slow cooker. Stir ingredients.
- Cook for high 2-3 hours or on low 4-5 hours until cooked throughout and tender.
Recipe Notes
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Your article says something about ginger but I don’t see it as one of the ingredients.
I would love to try this but dont have a slow cooker, I do have a pressure cooker, coukd I use this instead thankyou
Yes, I would cook on high pressure for 20 minutes with a quick release. Let me know how it turns out. Thank you.
Sorry about that. This was a typo. I did not use ginger in this recipe and I have updated the post. Thank you.
This looks really good. My family likes a lot of sauce with dishes like this. Should I double the wet ingredients, or is there a lot of sauce when it’s cooked?
My family LOVES this one!
Oh my goodness! My family loves beef but I only eat it occasionally. This recipe was very easy to make and it was delicious! I went back for seconds!
We really liked it but I think I will reduce the sugar next time. I also added an extra cup of boiling water near the end to thin the sauce a bit