The Tsai Family’s Mongolian Beef

Although I suspect that this recipe has little to do with Mongolian cooking – or with authentic Chinese cuisine, for that matter – it nevertheless appeared under this title in the Tsai family’s Chinese restaurant. Ethnic Chinese know full well how different they are in so many ways from Mongolians, who invaded and conquered the Chinese. But I am sure that the exotic name was invented to entice Westerners to order this simple but delicious stir-fried beef dish.

The recipe illustrates