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Pepper Steak Stir Fry has melt in your mouth flank steak with bell pepper in the most amazing sauce. This is a restaurant quality meal that you can make in less than 30 minutes!

We have so many amazing steak recipes that we love. Be sure to try this Easy Mongolian Beef,  Lemon Garlic Flank Steak, or Slow Cooker Beef and Broccoli.

Pepper Steak Stir Fry in a skillet

Pepper Steak Recipe

Can you hear that sizzle?! That is the sound of deliciousness being cooked up! While cooking you will notice your family gathering around you enjoying the aroma of this sweet and spicy dish. I was noticing how quickly my family was drawn to the kitchen this evening when I was making this meal for the first time. It was fun to enjoy their company while I was making this quick and simple meal that only takes minutes to prepare. Forget the restaurant and get more flavor with this sizzling dish!

How Do You Make Pepper Steak Stir Fry?

  • In a medium sized skillet or wok over medium high heat add 1 tablespoon olive oil. Add the bell peppers and cook 1-2 minutes until tender. Remove and set aside on a plate.
  • Turn the heat to high and add the flank steak and cook on each side to sear the beef and reduce heat to medium high and continue to cook until no longer pink and brown on each side.
  • In a small bowl, whisk the garlic, brown sugar, soy sauce, sesame oil, ginger and cornstarch.
  • Add the peppers back to the skillet and add the sauce. Let simmer for 1-2 minutes until the sauce starts to thicken. Serve over rice.

What is stir fry method of cooking?

A skillet or a wok is the best cooking method for stir frying. A good cast iron skillet is recommended. A wok pan is a versatile round-bottomed cooking vessel. It heats from the bottom and is a little bigger than a skillet and can make stirring a bit easier.

What temperature is Flank Steak cooked at?

Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to your skillet or wok and cook, stirring occasionally for 3-4 minutes. You can cook the steak until medium rare. (130-135 degrees.)  Let rest for 10 minutes and slice against the grain.

How do you cut against the grain?

You will need to find the direction of the grain (which way the muscle fibers are aligned), then slice across the grain rather than parallel with it. Flank steak is a chewy steak, and is much easier to chew if it is cut against the grain. Look for the parallel lines of muscle fiber running down the meat, and slice perpendicular to them. For those cuts that have fibers running in different directions, it’s vital to โ€œread the meatโ€ and adjust the direction in which you’re slicing. Cutting steak โ€œagainst the grainโ€ means youโ€™re cutting through the long fibers of the meat โ€“ cut flank steaks and skirt steaks across the width of the steak, not down the length of steak (so you have lots of thin strips instead of just a few super long strips.

Pepper Steak Stir Fry close up.

What goes well with Beef and Pepper Stir Fry?

We like to serve Pepper Steak Stir Fry with a white rice, fried rice or chow Mein. This makes for a more filling dish!

We also like to add in a variety of vegetables in the stir fry. Here are a few suggestions:

  • For a spicier taste, peppers are a great add in
  • Water chestnuts add a crunchy texture
  • Onions are an easy addition
  • Carrots add color and flavoring
  • Broccoli helps being more flavor and filling
  • Pea Pods are tasty and colorful

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Amazing Pepper Steak Stir Fry

4.79 from 38 votes
By: Alyssa Rivers
Pepper Steak Stir Fryย has melt in your mouth flank steak with bell pepper in the most amazing sauce. This is a restaurant quality meal that you can make in less than 30 minutes!
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 4

Ingredients 

Instructions 

  • In a medium sized skillet or wok over medium high heat add 1 tablespoon olive oil.  Add the bell peppers and cook 1-2 minutes until tender.  Remove and set aside on a plate.
  • Turn the heat to high and add the flank steak and cook on each side to sear the beef and reduce heat to medium high and continue to cook until no longer pink and brown on each side. 
  • In a small bowl, whisk the garlic, brown sugar, soy sauce, sesame oil, ginger and cornstarch.  
  • Add the peppers back to the skillet and add the sauce.  Let simmer for 1-2 minutes until the sauce starts to thicken.  Serve over rice. 

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Nutrition

Calories: 253kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 16gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 34mgSodium: 1657mgPotassium: 404mgFiber: 1gSugar: 16gVitamin A: 1042IUVitamin C: 63mgCalcium: 39mgIron: 2mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Chinese
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About Alyssa Rivers

Alyssa Rivers is the author of 'The Tried and True Cookbook', a professional food photographer and experienced recipe-developer. Having a passion for cooking, her tried and true recipes have been featured on Good Morning America, Today Food, Buzzfeed and more.

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84 Comments

  1. I haven’t made yet. I have a question b4 I start. It calls for 2 tbsp olive oil divided. It states add 1 tbsp to pan to fry peppers but I can’t to seem to find where you use the other tbsp of oil. I’m going to assume it’s when you brown the meat. Please let me know. Thanks

    1. Hi Heather, thank you for letting me know, I missed adding that to the recipe. Yes the second tablespoon of olive oil is for searing the steak. I will get it fixed. Thanks again!

  2. 5 stars
    Made this many times!!…… This time I used red and yellow peppers (3 total) broccoli, sugar snap peas and white onions…..I made 1 1/2 times the sauce, and also used a sirloin steak ….this recipe is a Grand Slam!!

  3. 5 stars
    Very tasty! I doubled the recipe but found it to be a bit too much sauce, so I made a note for next time to make 1.5x sauce. I served it with a combination of half cauliflower fried rice plus half brown rice. Definitely a keeper. Super easy and very flavorful!

  4. Hi there,

    I put the recipe at 6 servings. it says 12 ounce 8 oz flank steak what does that mean? is it 12 or 8?

    Renee

  5. I made this last night and loved it. I added an onion and fresh ginger root. The flavor was amazing. I will definitely be making this again!

  6. 5 stars
    This recipe is absolutely amazing , I didn’t use flank steak but used round and sliced it up and it was very tender

  7. 5 stars
    Awesome recipe! I did add onions but that was the only change I made! Hubby said it was a โ€œkeeperโ€

  8. 5 stars
    This was great! Simple ingredients, quick and easy to make on the wok. The only tweak I made was that I only put in a dash of dark brown sugar because we donโ€™t like our food too sweet. It was fabulous! Served it over white rice!