Black Pepper Steak Stir Fry
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Most people wouldn’t consider a black pepper steak stir fry to be an easy healthy recipe but with the right balance of ingredients, you can get maximum flavor while maintaining a small waistline. I love using lean cuts of beef like flank, filet or sirloin.
Here’s a few tools I think you’ll need to successfully pull this recipe off:
Lodge 12 Inch Cast Iron Skillet
Winware 12 Inch Aluminum Non-Stick Fry Pan
OXO Good Grips Utility Cutting Board, 10.5 x 14.5
Victorinox 48993 Fibrox Pro Cutlery Gift Set, 4-Piece, Black
Artisan 3-Piece, Steel Serving Spoon Set
Black Pepper Steak Stir Fry Cooking Tips:
Portion size, 4 oz. protein with sauce and vegetables, 4 oz. whole wheat pasta or ½ cup brown rice.
Can you make ahead?
Fridge: After stir fry cools off, place in an airtight container in the fridge for 7 days max.
Reheating: Turn on heat to medium, add all ingredients in a small or medium sauce pan, cook until mixture starts to boil. About 10 minutes or less.
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Substitution Options:
You can use a pound of shrimp, chicken or seitan as a substitute for the steak.
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Recipe:
Black Pepper Steak Stir Fry
Ingredients
Black Pepper Steak
- 1 lbs. flank sirloin or filet steak, cut in ¼ inch slices
- 1 tablespoon Yamasa less sodium light soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon rice wine
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
Sauce
- ¼ cup Yamasa less sodium light soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon ginger grated
- 1 garlic clove chopped
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon rice wine
- ½ cup unsalted beef stock
- 2 teaspoons black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon oil
- ½ onion chopped large
- 1 red bell pepper chopped large
- ½ lbs. sugar snap beans
- ¼ cup water
- 1 tablespoon sesame seed oil
- 3 cups brown rice or 1 lbs. whole wheat spaghetti
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds garnish
Instructions
- In a bowl mix soy sauce, rice wine, cornstarch and black pepper. Then add steak and let sit for 15 minutes.
- In a bowl mix soy sauce, ginger, garlic, fish sauce, rice wine, beef stock, black pepper, sugar and cornstarch, sit to the side.
- Heat a skillet over high heat, add oil and once smoking add beef and cook for 1 minute on each side then sit to the side. Reduce heat to medium-high and add onion, bell pepper and sugar snaps, cook for 1 minute constantly stirring (if you notice vegetables sticking add 2 tablespoons of water) add beef then add sauce, once sauce comes to a boil. Cut off heat, stir in sesame seed oil and serve over rice or pasta and garnish with sesame seeds.
