🥩 Chinese Pepper Steak (Stir-Fry Style)
Chinese Pepper Steak is a classic stir-fry dish made with tender beef strips, bell peppers, and a savory soy-based sauce. It’s quick, flavorful, and usually served with rice or noodles.
🧾 Ingredients
🥩 For the beef
- 300–500g beef (flank steak or sirloin), thinly sliced
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp oil
- Pinch of black pepper
đź«‘ Vegetables
- 1–2 bell peppers (green, red, or mixed), sliced
- 1 onion, sliced
- 2–3 cloves garlic, minced
- Optional: ginger (small piece, minced)
🥣 Sauce
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp water or beef broth
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp cornstarch (for thickening)
- Black pepper to taste
👨‍🍳 Instructions
1. Marinate the beef
Mix beef with soy sauce, cornstarch, oil, and pepper.
Let it sit for 10–15 minutes.
2. Prepare the sauce
Combine all sauce ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
3. Stir-fry beef
- Heat oil in a pan or wok
- Cook beef quickly on high heat (1–2 minutes per side)
- Remove and set aside
4. Cook vegetables
- Add garlic and onion first
- Add bell peppers
- Stir-fry until slightly tender but still crisp
5. Combine everything
- Return beef to the pan
- Pour in sauce
- Stir until sauce thickens and coats everything
🍽️ Serve with
- Steamed white rice 🍚
- Fried rice
- Noodles
🧠Tips for best flavor
- Slice beef against the grain for tenderness
- Use high heat for a real restaurant-style stir-fry
- Don’t overcook peppers—they should stay slightly crunchy
- A wok gives the best smoky flavor (“wok hei”)
If you want, I can also make:
- A restaurant-style Panda Express version
- A spicy Chinese pepper steak
- Or a healthy low-oil version
