Puerto Rican Pepper Steak
Delicious Chinese Puerto Rican flavor Pepper Steak with peppers and onions. It has the authentic flavor that you'll sure love.
Servings: 4
Calories: 307kcal
Ingredients
To tenderize
- 1 pound beef top steak
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ cup water
To season
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 ½ teaspoon chicken bouillon
- 1 teaspoon white wine vinegar
- ½ teaspoon sesame oil
- ½ tablespoon msg
- ¼ cup corn starch
- 2 tablespoons water
For sauce
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 12 ounces water
- 1 teaspoons garlic paste
Rest of ingredients
- 2 cups oil for frying beef
- 1 yellow onion
- 1 green pepper
- 1 tablespoon oil to saute vegetables
Instructions
- Roughly chop the onion and pepper to about 1-inch pieces. Cut your beef into thin slices that are about 2 inches in size.
- Add the beef, baking soda, and ¼ cup of water to a large bowl. Mix everything well and let the meat tenderize for 15 minutes. Then rinse your meat until it no longer feels slippery and you remove the baking soda.
- Season the beef by adding salt, sugar, black pepper, chicken bouillon, cooking wine, sesame oil, MSG, water, and cornstarch. Add 2 cups of oil to a big pan over medium-high heat. Fry the beef for 3 minutes. Make sure to stir while frying because the meat tends to stick together. You might have to fry in 2 batches depending on how big your pan is.
- Add 1 tablespoon of oil to a Chinese wok or a big pan over medium-high heat and saute the onion and peppers for 1 minute. Then mix 1 tablespoon of cornstarch into the soy sauce. Add the soy sauce mixture, water, garlic, and beef to the pan. Cook for 6 minutes so the sauce can thicken. Enjoy!
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Notes
- Make sure to cut the meat finely. This helps it soften better and to cook very quickly.
- When tenderizing the meat, do not leave it in the baking soda for too long. If you leave it for too long it will become chewy and have a strong metallic taste.
- If you don't have white wine vinegar, just use half of distilled white vinegar
Nutrition
Calories: 307kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 27g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 67mg | Sodium: 1609mg | Potassium: 526mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 111IU | Vitamin C: 26mg | Calcium: 44mg | Iron: 2mg
