Q. Can you help me find the best pepper steak recipe?

Well, the best is certainly subjective but here is a pepper steak recipe I know you will enjoy.

Pepper Steak Recipe

  • 2 1/2 lbs steak, one inch thick, cut into one inch strip
  • 2 tbsps oil
  • 1 medium onion, minced
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp freshly ground pepper
  • 2 green peppers, diced
  • 1 tsp meat glaze dissolved in 2 tbsps hot water
  • 1 cup drained tomatoes
  • 1 tbsp cornstarch
  • 2 tsps soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup water

Place oil, onion, and garlic in a heavy skillet and simmer a few minutes. Add steak strips, seasoned with salt and pepper. Add peppers and meat glaze solution, cover, and cook 1/2 hour. Add tomatoes and simmer 5 minutes longer. Combine cornstarch and soy sauce with water and add to steak mixture, cook 5 minutes, stirring constantly. This pepper steak recipe serves four.

Steak cuts recommended for this pepper steak recipe include round, top sound sirloin, chuck and minute or cube.

Q. I’m Looking For Pepper Steak Recipes

Here is one of our favorite pepper steak recipes

  • 1 lb  1/4 inch sirloin tips (cut in serving pieces)
  • 2 tbsps olive oil
  • 1/4 cup chopped onion
  • 1 clove garlic, chopped
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 beef bouillon cube
  • 1 cup hot water
  • 2 cups cooked tomatoes
  • 1 large green pepper, sliced 
  • 2 tbsps cornstarch
  • 1/4 cup cold water
  • 2 tbsps soy sauce

Brown meat in olive oil. Add onion and garlic for the last 10 minutes. Drain oil. Season. Dissolve the bouillon cube in hot water and add to meat. Cover and
simmer 20 to 25 minutes. Add tomatoes and green pepper. Cook 10 minutes longer.

Combine remaining ingredients and stir into meat. Bring to boil. Cook, stirring constantly, 5 minutes longer.

Serve with hot noodles or rice. This one of those pepper steak recipes that can also be made into a sandwich.

Sweet and Spicy Steak Sauce

Q.  I need a sweet and spicy steak sauce.

What makes this a sweet and spicy steak sauce is the combination of brown sugar and several strong spices.

  • 1 cup catsup
  • 3 tbsps brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup onion, finely chopped
  • 6 large cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup white wine
  • 2 tbsps soy sauce
  • 1 tsp dry mustard
  • 1 large whole shallot, chopped
  • 1 small onion, chopped fine
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 4 whole anchovies (canned in oil)

Place all ingredients in blender container and process until smooth. Simmer in saucepan 20 minutes and cool. Store sweet and spicy steak sauce in the
refrigerator until ready to use.

Looking for grilled steak recipes?

This is one of several grilled steaks recipes on this site (search grilled steak). It is made with Porterhouse Steak but other cuts can be used.Charcoal-Broiled Porterhouse Steak

3 lbs Porterhouse steak
1 clove garlic, crushed
salt
freshly ground pepper
1 tbsp butter

Trim excess fat from steak, slash edges of remaining fat. Spread steak with crushed garlic. Place on oiled grill about 3″ above a thick bed of hot coals (be generous with the charcoal). Grill about 12 minutes until nicely crusted. Turn, season cooked side with salt and pepper, and grill to desired doneness. Remove to heated carving board or platter, seasoned side down, place butter beneath, and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Serves four. This is one of the simpler but tastier
grilled steak recipes.

Recipes using black angus steaks

Q. Do you know any recipes using black angus steaks?

Just about any good steak recipe would be improved by using black angus steaks. Here is a good one made better by using black angus steaks.

4 lbs porterhouse black angus steaks
salt
1/2 cup olive oil
2 tbsps butter
1 clove garlic, crushed
juice of 1/2 lemon
1/2 cup tomato paste
1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce
freshly ground pepper

Rub both sides of black angus steaks generously with salt and dip in oil. Place directly on white-hot coals (a thick bed of coals of charcoal, oak, or hickory is a must). Sear each side quickly, turning frequently. Each time the steak is turned, baste with the following sauce: In a small saucepan mix together butter, crushed garlic, lemon juice, tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, and a little pepper; heat until bubbling. These black angus steaks will be charred black on the edges and will have a delicate flavor of wood smoke.Serves six.