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Pepper doesn’t just have to be used as a simple seasoning. Freshly ground black pepper has a beautiful warming flavour to add heat to a dish without the need for chillies.
Two teaspoons of black pepper does sound a lot in a dish for four people, but it mellows in the sauce, so you get a gently heat, rather than the harsher heat of using chillies. My kids LOVE this dish (as do the rest of us!).
👩🍳PRO TIP This recipe makes enough sauce to coat the steak and vegetables with a little bit left in the wok. If you like your sauce a little thinner or want to make it stretch a little further, add a splash of water or a further splash of beef stock when adding the steak back to the wok.
Toss the steak strips in a little salt and 1 tsp of black pepper. Fry in a mixture of sunflower and sesame oil, then transfer to a bowl.To make the sauce, mix together cornflour, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, rice wine, beef stock and a further tsp of black pepper.
Fry up onions, peppers, garlic and ginger, then add in the sauce and bring it to the boil to thicken.Add the steak back to the wok and stir together to coat in the sauce and heat the steak through.
Serve the black pepper beef stir fry over a lovely pile of rice!
I love to use thin sirloin steaks in this recipe for a bit of a treat. Sirloin is fantastic tender cut (no chewiness!), and if you buy the thin cuts it’s not too expensive.
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This posted was first published in July 2015. Updated in April 2021 with some recipe tweaks, new photos and a video.
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