Pepper Steak *****

Name: Pepper Steak *****
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Cuisine: Latin American, American, Cuban
Ingredients: 1.5 lbs of thin cut steak (Cuban Palomilla); 1 green bell pepper (cored, seeded and cut into strips); 1 red bell pepper (cored, seeded and cut into strips); 3 tbsp low sodium soy sauce; 1 tbsp chinese rice wine or dry sherry; 1 tbsp cornstarch; 1 tsp asian chili sauce; 1 tsp toasted sesame oil; 1 tsp garlic powder; 1 tsp ginger powder or ginger paste; 4 tsp minced garlic; 1 tbsp olive oil or vegetable oil; Freshly ground pepper to season steak; 2/3 cups chicken or beef broth; 4 tbsp low sodium soy sauce; 2 tbsp Japanese rice wine or dry sherry; 1-2 tbsp asian chili sauce or 5 whole chili peppers; 2 tbsp hoisin sauce; 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil; 1 tsp fish sauce, for umami - OPTIONAL; 3 tbsp brown sugar (dark or light); 1 tsp chinese 5 spice; salt to taste; pepper to taste; 2 tsp cornstarch

7 steps

Prep:15minCook:30min

Updated at: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 14:56:38 GMT

Ingredients

4 servings

1.5 lbssteak

thin cut, Cuban Palomilla

1green bell pepper

cored, seeded and cut into strips

1red bell pepper

cored, seeded and cut into strips

FOR THE MARINADE

3 Tbsplow sodium soy sauce

1 Tbspchinese rice wine

1 tsptoasted sesame oil

1 tspgarlic powder

1 tspginger powder

or ginger paste

4 tspminced garlic

1 Tbspolive oil

or vegetable oil

pepper

Freshly ground, to season steak

FOR THE SAUCE

⅔ cupschicken broth

or beef

4 Tbsplow sodium soy sauce

2 TbspJapanese rice wine

or dry sherry

1 Tbspasian chili sauce

5 chili peppers

2 Tbsphoisin sauce

1 Tbsptoasted sesame oil

1 tspfish sauce

for umami - OPTIONAL

3 Tbspbrown sugar

dark or light

1 tspchinese 5 spice

2 tspcornstarch

Instructions

Step 1

In a bowl whisk together the ingredients for the marinade and cut the steak into strips about 1/4 inch thick. Put the strips of steak and the marinade into a zip lock and seal. The longer the marinade the better. 30-45 minutes minimum

Step 2

In another bowl combine the ingredients for the sauce and whisk together

Step 3

Cut the peppers into 1/4 inch strips. Heat the oil in the pan and cook the peppers for 3-4 minutes until just tender. Remove peppers from pan and set aside

Step 4

Add more oil to the pan and bring to "smoking hot". Cook the meat until it is no longer bloody. Do not over cook or it will get tough

Step 5

Place the peppers back in the pan with the steak

Step 6

Lower heat to simmer and add the sauce to the pan stirring until the sauce has just thickened

Step 7

Serve with white rice