How to Prepare Appetizing Mom's 70s Chinese Pepper Steak

Mom's 70s Chinese Pepper Steak. 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. Easy Chinese Pepper Steak will quickly become a family stir-fry favorite.

It appears to be inspired by black pepper beef, a Chinese dish featuring beef, bell peppers and onions cooked in a strong black pepper flavored sauce. The American version is not spicy and does not use as much black pepper spice in the sauce. Deliciously seasoned Pepper Steak with bell peppers, onions and tomatoes. you can have Mom's 70s Chinese Pepper Steak using 17 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Mom's 70s Chinese Pepper Steak

1. It's of sauce.
2. Prepare 1/4 cup of soy sauce.
3. Prepare 1/2 tsp of sugar.
4. Prepare 1/2 cup of beef bullion.
5. You need 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. You need 1 clove of garlic, crushed.
11. Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
12. It's 1 tsp of ground ginger.
13. Prepare 1 tsp of ground black pepper.
14. Prepare 3 medium of green bell peppers, julienned.
15. It's 2 medium of onions.
16. You need 1 of 6-ounce can of water chestnuts, drained.
17. Prepare 4 of green onions, chopped.

A complete meal served with freshly cooked rice. Sautee crushed garlic and steak over medium heat until steak is just browned. Careful not to burn the garlic. Add sliced onions and bell peppers.

Mom's 70s Chinese Pepper Steak instructions

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..

Chinese Pepper Steak was never a recipe we wanted to order when we'd go out to eat, but after getting hooked on the Black Pepper Chicken from. Mom used to make this Chinese pepper steak when I was a kid. It's an easy dish that brings back all the good childhood feels. The key to a successful beef pepper steak is prepping everything first. We live on the eastern edge of the Sand Hills here in Nebraska, where most folks are ranchers.