Onions and hot Chinese Pepper Steak

Onions and hot Chinese Pepper Steak is a flavorful and easy stir-fry recipe made with tender steak and colorful vegetables in a savory and slightly sweet sauce. This hot Chinese Pepper Steak is perfect for a quick dinner because it cooks fast and delivers bold, restaurant-style taste at home. Packed with juicy beef, fresh onions, and vibrant peppers, this delicious dish is ideal for busy weeknights when you want something simple, satisfying, and full of flavor.

Time Taken: 35 minutes Preparation Time: 20 minutes

Cooking Time: 15 minutes.

Servings: 4

Onions and hot Chinese Pepper Steak: Ingredients

For the Steak Marinade

Dry flank steak
- Quantity: 1 lb. and sliced thin against the grain.
- Notes: Thin sliced across the grain.
Soy sauce
- Quantity: 2 tablespoons
Cornstarch
- Quantity: 1 tablespoon
Vegetable oil
- Quantity: 1 tablespoon

For the Stir-Fry

Vegetable oil
- Quantity: 2 tablespoons
Onion
- Accessories: 1 onion, large and sliced into thicks.
- Notes: Thinly sliced
Pepper
- Volume: 1 pepper, small, sliced into thin slices (any colour)
- Notes: Thin sliced (any colour).
Green pepper
- Amount: 1 green pepper which is cut into thin slices.
- Notes: Sliced in thin slices
Garlic
- Measurement: 3 cloves Garlic minced.
- Notes: Minced
Ginger
- Amount: 1-tbsp. minced ginger.
- Notes: Minced
Beef broth
- Quantity: 1/2 cup beef broth
Soy sauce
- Quantity: 2 tablespoons
Oyster sauce
- Quantity: 1 Tbs. oyster sauce.
Hoisin sauce
- Quantity: 1 Tbs. hoisin sauce.
Rice vinegar
- Quantity: 1 Tb. rice vinegar.
Sugar
- Quantity: 1 teaspoon sugar
Cornstarch slurry
- Food quantity: 1 tbsp. (16g) cornstarch plus 2 tbsp. (16g) water (cornstarch slurry)
- Notes: For thickening
Black pepper
- Quantity: 1 /4 teaspoon black pepper.
Red pepper flakes
- Volume: 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes (best, to provide more spiciness)
- Notes: Best, to put on additional heat.
White rice or steamed rice (fried).
- Quantity: Fried white rice, or steamed rice, to serve.
- Notes: To serve

Instructions

Marinate the Steak

Add the soy sauce, the cornstarch and the vegetable oil into a medium bowl. Next place the cut flank steak in thin slices and mix it thoroughly to ensure that it is entirely covered.

Prepare the Stir-Fry Sauce

Add beef broth, soy sauce, oyster sauce, hoisin sauce, rice vinegar, sugar and black pepper into a small bowl. Set aside.

Cook the Steak

Put 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil in a large skillet or wok and heat under a high flame. The marinated steak is placed in single layer. Bake 2-3 minutes or till cooked and browned. Removed steak in the skillet and place aside.

Stir-Fry the Vegetables

In the same skillet there might be need of a little more oil. Add the bell peppers that have been sliced and the onions. Fry about 3-4 minutes or until the vegetables are tender-crisp.

Follow up with the minced garlic and ginger and cook it a little further 30 seconds till fragrant.