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Easy Mongolian Beef Recipe

By Karly on September 17, 2020 | Updated October 4, 2022 | 16 Comments

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We love this Asian inspired Mongolian beef! It's so easy thanks to the air fryer and the beef gets nice and crispy on the outside! #easy #airfryer #recipeThis Mongolian beef recipe is easy and clean to make! #airfryer #asiancuisine #dinnerrecipes

This EASY MONGOLIAN BEEF RECIPE is made in the air fryer to save cooking time and clean up time! No hot grease to deal with, but you still get crispy beef coated in a sweet and savory sauce!

A close up of Mongolian beef with green onions.

Asian inspired cuisine is one of my favorite things to cook. Big, bold flavors are my jam!

One of my go to orders when we get take out is Mongolian beef – that crispy beef, that sweet savory sauce…yum!

We have had so much success with our air fryer, that we decided to try and make a few Asian inspired dishes in it. One of those was this Mongolian beef recipe.

If you’ve ever made Mongolian beef on the stove top, you know that it’s a bit of a process to fry all those individual strips of beef until they’re nice and crisp.

It is SO EASY with the air fryer! I didn’t even bother to work in batches – just tossed all the coated beef right in my air fryer basket and made sure to shake every few minutes.

Table of Contents

  • How to make Mongolian beef:
  • How to make the Mongolian sauce:
  • Soy Sauce:
  • Common Air Fryer Questions:
    • More recipes you might like:
  • Air Fryer Mongolian Beef
    • Equipment
    • Ingredients  1x2x3x
    • Instructions 
    • Notes
    • Nutrition
      • Did You Make This Recipe?

How to make Mongolian beef:

Raw beef in an air fryer basket
  • Slice your flank steak into thin strips, 1/4-1/2 inch is good.
  • Put your steak in a large bowl with corn starch and toss to coat. Let the starch soak into the meat for 5 minutes.
  • Spritz the steak with oil and cook in the air fryer for 8-10 minutes.
  • Shake the basket every few minutes so that the beef crisps up all the way around.
cooked beef strips in an air fryer basket.

How to make the Mongolian sauce:

  • Heat oil in a large deep skillet, and add garlic and ginger. Cook this for 30 seconds.
  • Add the low sodium soy sauce, water, and brown sugar to the skillet and stir well.
  • Boil this for 6-7 minutes and stir occasionally until the sauce has thickened.
  • Carefully add the cooked meat to the sauce, without splashing, and toss the beef. Allow it to cook for 1-2 more minutes.
Overhead view of mongolian beef in a black bowl.

Soy Sauce:

Be sure to use low sodium soy sauce! The sauce boils down and reduces a bit which means the flavors concentrate.

This is a good thing for a bold flavored sauce, but if you are starting with something that’s already quite salty and then you reduce it down, you’ll end up with an overly salty, inedible sauce.

Low sodium soy sauce can be found in most any grocery store, so keep an eye out.

Mongolian beef on a white plate with chopsticks

Common Air Fryer Questions:

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You should not use non-stick spray from an aerosol can. It can damage the air fryer. Instead, just use an oil mister filled with your vegetable oil. My go to is avocado oil.

We use and love the OMORC 6 qt air fryer and it works great. It’s a nice price, it has a large basket, and it’s lasted me for nearly 2 years now. I absolutely love it! Plus it has over 2k 5 star reviews on Amazon!

A close up of beef on rice with green onions.

More recipes you might like:

  • This crispy cauliflower is great with a ranch dip!
  • Homemade orange chicken finishes in just 20 minutes!
  • Another quick and easy recipe is to cook frozen tater tots in the air fryer!
  • A classic grilled cheese has never tasted better than when cooked by an air fryer.
  • Crispy, air fryer egg rolls with a sausage filling.
Overhead view of Mongolian beef and rice on a white place.
Overhead view of mongolian beef in a black bowl.

Air Fryer Mongolian Beef

Created by: Karly

Course Beef
Cuisine Asian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
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This Mongolian beef recipe starts with crispy air fried strips of beef. The beef is tender on the inside with a fabulously crispy outside. The sauce is simple to make but packs in loads of sweet and savory flavor.
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Equipment

  • Oil Sprayer for Cooking
  • Air Fryer

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound flank steak
  • ¼ cup cornstarch
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 4 cloves minced garlic
  • 1 tablespoon minced ginger
  • ½ cup low sodium soy sauce
  • ½ cup water
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 2 green onions chopped

Instructions
 

  • Slice the steak into thin strips, cutting against the grain for the most tenderness, and place into a large bowl. 
  • Add the cornstarch to the steak and toss to coat. Let set in the cornstarch for 5 minutes. 
  • Heat the air fryer to 400 degrees. 
  • Add the steak to the air fryer basket and spritz generously with oil. 
  • Air fry for 8-10 minutes, shaking the basket every couple of minutes. Spritz with more oil halfway through cooking.
  • While the steak is cooking, heat the olive oil in a large deep skillet on the stove. Add the garlic and ginger and cook in the oil for 30 seconds.
  • Add the soy sauce, water, and brown sugar to the skillet and stir well. 
  • Bring to a boil and cook for 6-7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until sauce has thickened.
  • Carefully add the cooked beef to the sauce and continue cooking for 1-2 minutes, tossing the beef in the sauce.
  • Sprinkle chopped green onions over the top before serving.

Notes

Be sure to use low sodium soy sauce or the sauce will be so salty that it will be inedible.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 423kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 35g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 90mg | Sodium: 1221mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 23g

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  1. Kim says

    April 21, 2023

    Wow this is outstanding! I had to add more cornstarch to meat but other than that , I was extremely pleased! Make extra sauce😋

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  2. Lee says

    April 21, 2023

    Want to try this recipe. Do I cut the flank steak with or against the grain for most tenderness?

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    • Karly says

      April 21, 2023

      You’ll want to cut it against the grain. Great question – I’ll add that to the recipe.

      Reply
  3. Carrie says

    January 31, 2023

    5 stars
    This dish is absolutely AMAZING! My entire family enjoys it and now it is one of the top requested dishes. I now have to double the recipe because everyone wants leftovers.

    I use my air fryer all of the time and this is possibly the best dish I have made using it.

    Reply
    • Karly says

      January 31, 2023

      Oh gosh, I love to hear that!! This recipe gets buried by newer ones and I’m happy to see it getting some love, because we love it so much too! Thank you for the review!

      Reply
  4. Monika says

    March 7, 2021

    This is one of the best things I’ve ever made! I’m kicking myself for not buying an air fryer sooner.

    Reply
    • Karly says

      March 8, 2021

      Ah, so glad you gave it a try, Monika! 🙂

      Reply
    • Aeil says

      July 3, 2022

      Recipe are awesome
      I’m happy you make
      It simple to duplicate
      Thanks

      Reply
      • Karly says

        July 4, 2022

        Thank you!

  5. Cat says

    September 29, 2020

    Please make it so that we can print without the picture… wastes too much ink! Thanks!

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    • Karly says

      September 29, 2020

      Hi Cat! If you want to print without the image, you can copy and paste into a word doc and print from there. 🙂

      Reply
      • Cat says

        September 30, 2020

        Yes thanks, that’s what I ended up doing… but I’d rather be able to just print… 🙂

      • Karly says

        September 30, 2020

        Yeah, sorry. Most people like the photo. 🙂

      • Ann Fisher says

        November 16, 2020

        I like seeing photos. Thanks for the recipe looks amazing.

  6. rick reed says

    September 17, 2020

    I don’t have an Air Fryer . Can I make in oven or frying pan? Whats the best type of air frying to puchase?

    Reply
    • Karly says

      September 17, 2020

      Hi Rick! I linked to our preferred air fryer above. You could make this on the stove by frying the strips of beef in batches.

      Reply

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