Black pepper beef stir-fry
Quick and easy Cantonese recipe
2
Serves
15 mins
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
Recipe author
The Ironclad Pan Company
Beef stir-fried in black pepper sauce is a typical Cantonese cuisine. Beautifully seared slices of beef, sweet spring onions, and crisp capsicums coated in a glaze made of Chinese sauce essential ingredients which are surprisingly rich in umami flavour. This dish has a perfect balance of tastes, textures, and colours that are sharply accented by the complex heat of the crushed peppercorns. Black pepper beef stir fry is a quick dinner that’s perfect for busy weeknights or when you crave something hearty yet simple. The key to this dish is tender strips of beef, quickly seared in a hot pan to lock in all the flavours. A generous amount of freshly cracked black pepper adds a delightful, warming kick, perfectly complementing the richness of the beef.
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Ingredients
Stir Fry
350g Quality Mark beef steaks
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thinly sliced
1 red capsicum
sliced
1 green capsicum
sliced
2 spring onions
cut into 3cm pieces
2 garlic cloves
chopped
1 Tbsp oil
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Black Pepper Sauce
1-2 tsp peppercorns
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whole black
2 Tbsp oyster sauce
1 Tbsp Shaoxing wine
1 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp sesame oil
To serve
2 cups Jasmine rice
steamed
Method
Black Pepper Beef Stir Fry
1
Put the black peppercorns in a mortar and use a pestle to crack the peppercorns coarsely. Set aside.
2
In a bowl, whisk the oyster sauce, Shaoxing wine, soy sauce, sesame oil, and most of the black pepper (saving a little to garnish). Set aside.
3
Heat a cast-iron skillet over high heat until hot. Add the cooking oil, and garlic and cook for 1 minute. Keep it moving so the garlic doesn't burn. Using tongs, add the beef in a single layer. Cook the beef one minute then flip over and cook another minute. Add the capsicum and sliced white part of spring onion. Stir-fry, tossing the contents of the pan periodically to ensure everything cooks evenly.
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4
Add black pepper sauce and sliced green part of spring onions, and toss everything together until the black pepper beef is shiny and evenly coated with sauce.
5
Serve with rice. Garnish with the remaining black pepper (to taste). Enjoy!
Nutrition Information per Serving (606g)
This nutrition analysis is based on 2 serves.
Protein
42.8g
Total Fat
23.3g
Saturated Fat
5.4g
Carbs
51.5g
Dietary Fibre
4.4g
Sodium
285mg
Iron
4.7mg
Zinc
9.2mg
Vitamin B12
3.2µg
