Sizzling Chinese Pepper Steak with Onions

🌶️ Sizzling Chinese Pepper Steak with Onions (Restaurant-Style)

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This is a classic Chinese-American stir-fry: tender beef, crisp onions and bell peppers, and a glossy black-pepper soy sauce, served sizzling hot. Below is a full, detailed, step-by-step recipe, including tips for getting the beef tender like takeout.

🥩 Ingredients (Serves 3–4)

Beef & Marinade

• 1 lb (450 g) flank steak or sirloin

• 1 tbsp soy sauce

• 1 tbsp cornstarch

• 1 tsp neutral oil (vegetable or canola)

• ½ tsp black pepper

• 1 tsp sugar

Vegetables

• 1 large yellow onion, sliced into thick strips

• 1 green bell pepper, sliced

• 1 red bell pepper, sliced (optional but recommended)

• 2 cloves garlic, minced

• 1 tsp fresh ginger, minced (optional but traditional)

Sauce

• ¼ cup low-sodium soy sauce

• ½ cup beef broth (or water + ½ tsp bouillon)

• 1 tbsp oyster sauce

• 1 tsp sugar

• 1½ tsp coarsely ground black pepper (adjust to taste)

• 1 tsp cornstarch (for thickening)