Chinese Pepper Steak
An easy, delicious and budget-friendly dinner prepared in less than 30 minutes using simple ingredients!
Servings 4
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup soy sauce low sodium
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tablespoons granulated white sugar or brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger more or less, to taste
- 2 ½ tablespoons cornstarch
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil divided
- 1 medium green bell pepper cored, seeded and sliced into ¼ inch strips
- 1 medium red bell pepper cored, seeded and sliced into ¼ inch strips
- 1 medium yellow onion sliced into ¼ inch slices
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh garlic
- 1 to 1 ¼ pounds flank steak sliced into ¼ inch strips across the grain
- ¼ teaspoon sesame seeds optional garnish
Instructions
- Prepare the sauce by whisking together the soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, sugar, ginger and cornstarch in a small bowl until smooth. Set aside.
- Heat 1 ½ tablespoons (half) of the vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add the peppers and onions and cook for 3 to 4 minutes, or until tender crisp (stirring frequently). Add garlic and cook for an additional 30 seconds, stirring frequently.
- Transfer bell pepper and garlic mixture to a plate or bowl and return skillet to burner.
- Heat the remaining vegetable oil in the skillet. Add steak and cook for 5 minutes, or until browned on both sides and fully cooked (stirring frequently). Leave juices in the skillet with the steak.
- Return peppers, onions and garlic to skillet with the steak and stir to combine.
- Pour in the sauce and stir to coat as evenly as possible. Cook for approximately 1 to 2 minutes (while stirring), or until sauce is thickened.
- Sprinkle with sesame seeds when serving, if desired.
Notes
- *Skirt steak, sirloin, flat iron steak, or hanger steak can be substituted for flank steak.