Pepper Steak Recipe
Pepper steak six ways — classic Pepper Steak, Chinese Pepper Steak with Onions, Slow Cooker Pepper Steak, and Instant Pot Pepper Steak — for busy weeknights.
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Stupid simple and a meal you can feel good about eating!
Samantha TessIngredients
- 1 tbsp Vegetable oil
- 1 Red bell pepper cut into strips
- 1 Green bell pepper (or some other color) cut into strips
- 1 1/4 lb Flank steak/skirt steak/sirloin tip sliced thin
- measure with your heart Minced garlic
- measure with your heart Grated ginger
- to taste Salt and pepper
- 1/4 cup Soy sauce
- 1 1/2 tbsp White sugar
- 1 1/2 tbsp Cornstarch
Instructions
- 1Heat 1 teaspoon of the vegetable oil over medium high heat in a large pan. Add the peppers and cook until just tender. Remove the peppers from the pan and place on a plate.
- 2Add the remaining oil to the pan. Season the flank steak with salt and pepper to taste. Increase heat to high. Add the steak to the pan and cook for 5-6 minutes or until lightly browned.
- 3Add the garlic and ginger, then cook for 30 seconds. Place the peppers back in the pan with the steak.
- 4In a small bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, sugar, 1/4 cup water and cornstarch.
- 5Pour the sauce over the steak mixture and bring to a simmer. Cook for 2-3 minutes or until sauce has just thickened, then serve over rice. Enjoy!
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Sliced beef, sweet peppers, onions, and a glossy brown sauce over rice — it's the kind of dinner that looks like you fussed when it really took twenty minutes and one pan.
Cooks on Pepper reach for this collection on the nights they want something hot and savory without a long grocery list, or when there's a sirloin in the fridge and peppers going soft in the drawer.
Every recipe here is a real version of the same good dinner: the classic Pepper Steak, Chinese Pepper Steak with Onions, a Slow Cooker Pepper Steak for busy days, an Instant Pot Pepper Steak, and Pepper Steak Stir Fry Meal Prep for lunches all week.
Quick Tips
- 1
Slice against the grain
Cut sirloin or flank steak into thin strips across the muscle fibers, about 1/4 inch thick, so every bite stays tender.
- 2
Freeze the steak briefly
Pop the beef in the freezer for 20 to 30 minutes before slicing — firm meat cuts much thinner and more evenly.
- 3
Get the pan hot
Heat the oil until it shimmers and cook the beef in two batches, 2 to 3 minutes each, so it sears instead of steaming.
- 4
Add peppers last
Stir in bell peppers and onions for just 3 to 4 minutes at the end so they stay crisp and bright, not limp.
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