How to Make Perfect Mom's 70s Chinese Pepper Steak

Mom's 70s Chinese Pepper Steak. Try Making This With Grill Mates® Steak Seasoning For Restaurant Quality Flavor. This recipe really brings back fond memories of my childhood. My brother and I loved this dish so much that our mother had to hand count the exact same pieces of sirloin on our plates or a fist fight would break out.

In a bowl, add the soy sauce, honey, and chili paste garlic & sesame oil & mix until combined. Add in your steak pieces and toss till well coated. My brother and I loved this dish so much that our mother had to hand count the exact same pieces of sirloin on our plates or a fist fight would break out. You can cook Mom's 70s Chinese Pepper Steak using 17 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Mom's 70s Chinese Pepper Steak

1. You need of sauce.
2. You need 1/4 cup of soy sauce.
3. It's 1/2 tsp of sugar.
4. It's 1/2 cup of beef bullion.
5. Prepare 1/4 cup of water.
6. It's 1 tbsp of cornstarch.
7. It's of Ingredients.
8. It's 1 1/2 lb of sirloin steak, 1 inch thick, cut into thin 2 inch long strips.
9. You need 1/4 cup of vegetable oil.
10. Prepare 1 clove of garlic, crushed.
11. Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
12. Prepare 1 tsp of ground ginger.
13. You need 1 tsp of ground black pepper.
14. You need 3 medium of green bell peppers, julienned.
15. Prepare 2 medium of onions.
16. Prepare 1 of 6-ounce can of water chestnuts, drained.
17. You need 4 of green onions, chopped.

This is another one of my mother's recipes that I refuse to change. My brother and I loved this dish so much that our mother had to hand count the exact same pieces of sirloin on our plates or a fist fight would break out. This is another one of my mother's recipes that I refuse to change. In a bowl, mix together steak, garlic, ginger, soy sauce, black pepper, wine, chiles, and cornstarch.

Mom's 70s Chinese Pepper Steak step by step

1. Add the ingredients for the sauce in a small bowl and mix well. Set aside..
2. Sprinkle the strips of sirloin with the ginger powder and black pepper. Mix by hand to coat evenly. Set aside..
3. In a skillet or wok, heat the oil and garlic over medium high heat for about 5 minutes to allow the garlic to infuse with the oil..
4. Add the seasoned strips of sirloin to the hot oil and stir fry until you no longer see any pink on the beef. About 5 minutes. Remove the meat to a bowl and set aside..
5. Now add the peppers and water chestnuts to the hot oil and stir fry for about 4 minutes..
6. Next, add the onion and continue stir frying until the onions are translucent..
7. Add the sirloin back in and give it a couple of stirs. Before you add the sauce, give it a stir because the cornstarch will have settled to the bottom. Stir the sauce into the meat and veggies. Raise the heat and continue stirring until sauce thickens..
8. Turn off the heat and toss in the green onion pieces. Give it a couple of stirs..
9. Serve hot over rice with plenty of sauce..

The key to a successful beef pepper steak is prepping everything first. Cut the peppers and onions and set them aside. I like the visual appeal and difference of flavor between green and red peppers. Slice the peppers into strips or into squares. Deliciously seasoned Pepper Steak with bell peppers, onions and tomatoes.