Sizzling Chinese Pepper Steak with Onions

Here’s a Sizzling Chinese Pepper Steak with Onions 🥩🧅🫑
(Quick, savory, and perfect over rice)

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Ingredients

• 1½ lb beef sirloin or flank steak, thinly sliced against the grain

• 2 tbsp vegetable oil

• 1 green bell pepper, sliced

• 1 red bell pepper, sliced

• 1 large onion, sliced

• 3 cloves garlic, minced

• 1 tsp fresh grated ginger (or ½ tsp ground ginger)

Marinade

• 2 tbsp soy sauce

• 1 tbsp cornstarch

• 1 tsp sesame oil (optional)

Sauce

• ½ cup beef broth

• ¼ cup soy sauce (low-sodium recommended)

• 1 tbsp oyster sauce (optional but traditional)

• 1 tbsp brown sugar

• 1 tbsp cornstarch

• ½ tsp black pepper

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Instructions

1. Marinate the beef
   Toss beef with marinade ingredients. Let sit 15–20 minutes.

2. Mix the sauce
   Whisk all sauce ingredients together. Set aside.

3. Cook beef
   Heat 1 tbsp oil in a hot skillet or wok. Sear beef in batches for 1–2 minutes. Remove and set aside.

4. Cook vegetables
   Add remaining oil. Stir-fry peppers and onion 3–4 minutes until crisp-tender. Add garlic and ginger; cook 30 seconds.

5. Combine & sizzle
   Return beef to pan. Pour in sauce and stir.

6. Thicken
   Cook 2–3 minutes until sauce thickens and coats everything.

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Serving Suggestions

• Serve over steamed white or fried rice

• Pair with lo mein or egg rolls

Tips & Variations

• Slice beef very thin for tenderness.

• For restaurant-style flavor, let the pan get very hot before cooking.

• Add mushrooms or snow peas if you like.

• Want it spicy? Add crushed red pepper flakes or chili oil (lightly).

Would you like a slow-cooker, sheet-pan, or low-sodium version?