Pepper steak / beef pepper steak. Pepper Steak Tips Why is my pepper steak tough? Beef top round steak is a leaner, less tender cut of meat. One way to get a more tender result is to use a meat mallet prior to cooking.
It's primarily soy sauce with a bit of vinegar and honey or brown sugar, thickened with corn starch. I like to include cayenne for some heat for myself. Remove beef from marinade; discard marinade. You can cook Pepper steak / beef pepper steak using 16 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Pepper steak / beef pepper steak
- You need 1.5-2 lbs of beef strips.
- Prepare 1/2 of yellow onion, minced.
- Prepare 1/4 of green pepper, minced.
- Prepare 5 cloves of garlic cloves, minced.
- Prepare 1 of chicken bullion cube.
- You need 1 tbs of soy sauce.
- Prepare 1 tsp of oregano.
- It's 1 tsp of sofrito.
- You need 1 packet of sazon.
- It's of Juice of 1 lime.
- You need 1 of yellow onion, sliced.
- Prepare of Rest of green pepper, sliced.
- Prepare 1/2 of of any other pepper, sliced.
- Prepare 1 tsp of vinegar.
- It's 1 cup of water.
- It's 2 tbs of olive oil.
Beef - Pepper Steak is usually made with top round beef steak, but I use sirloin. Bell Pepper - green, red, yellow, or orange (or a combination!) Onion - you can use red onion or sweet onion. Cherry Tomatoes - regular, grape, or yellow pear all work. Sauce - soy sauce, brown sugar, ginger, salt, pepper, and cornstarch to thicken it.
Pepper steak / beef pepper steak instructions
- Cut your beef into slices, if it isn't already. In large mixing bowl, add diced onions, diced peppers, garlic, oregano, bullion cube, sazon, soy sauce, sofrito, lime juice, black pepper, and 1 tsp olive oil. Mix to combine. Let marinate for atleast 30 min- 2days..
- In down time, slice onions & peppers..
- Heat skillet over medium heat. Add oil. Once oil is hot, add your meat. Let your meat cook for 4-5 min. Then stir for about five minutes so all sides are brown..
- Add water by placing it into the marinade bowl then add to the meat. Add enough water to cover the meat. Simmer on medium heat for 10 minutes. If water dries up, you can add more. Stew meat for 10-45 minutes depending on the type of beef you are using. Once meat is tender, add onions, peppers & vinegar. Add a little more water, turn down the heat & cook until onions/peppers are to your liking..
Slow cooker Pepper Steak with sirloin beef, bell peppers and sliced onions is a simple week night meal with tons of flavor and no work. Eat as is, or serve with a delicious pile of steamed rice for a filling meal. Slow cooker pepper steak also makes great left overs! The marinade is a very thick combination of soy sauce, rice wine, cornstarch etc. and it makes ALL the difference between buttery tender beef and okay beef. Add remaining oil and saute the beef until browned.