Beef

Mongolian Beef is not Mongolian at all, but rather a dish created by early Chinese immigrants to the U.S.  Today, the Mongolian Beef dish from the popular restaurant chain P.F. Chang's is probably the most well-known version. The thin, tender slices of flank steak stir-fried in a savory brown sauce with lots of scallions and just a few dried red chiles makes this dish super flavorful, very mildly spicy (unless you bite into the peppers) and, therefore, very accessible and pal

Traditionally, only green bell peppers are used for this dish, but feel free to kick up the color palette with the addition of a red bell. I also like to add a sliced jalapeno pepper for a little extra heat as I'm a hopeless spice addict.  I took inspiration for this recipe from a dish at a literal hole-in-the-wall restaurant that our family used to frequent back in the day circa 1981 near Taipei American School (in fact, I think it was actually called "Hole in the Wall"). Th