black pepper beef

Learn how to make Black Pepper Beef, a Chinese classic! 

Black Pepper Beef Stir Fry (黑椒牛柳)

oz beef

bell pepper

red onions

garlic

tsp black pepper

cornstarch

oyster sauce

tsp light soy sauce

Shaoxing cooking wine

water

tbsp red wine

tbsp corn oil

tsp sesame oil

tsp sugar

tsp dark soy sauce

salt

Prepare beef

We'll start by trimming the fat off the edges of our beef fillet. 

Create beef marinade

In a bowl, we'll mix black pepper, cornstarch, water, oyster sauce, light soy sauce, Shaoxing cooking wine, and red wine.

Mix and massage beef

Before we mix the beef with the marinade, we'll want to squeeze as much fluid out as we can. One of the main goals of this dish is to avoid having excess fluid or sauce pooling when we're done cooking it.

Cut vegetables

For our vegetables, we'll be mincing garlic, and slicing up a variety of bell peppers and red onion for color. For each bell pepper, we'll only be using about 1/4 to 1/3 of each, so if you'd rather just stick to one color and use up a whole entire bell pepper, that's fine too.

Create sauce

Next, we'll create the sauce for our black pepper beef. We'll be mixing cornstarch, water, sugar, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, red wine, salt, oyster sauce, and Shaoxing cooking wine.

Add oil to meat, heat wok

We'll set our stove to high heat and let our wok heat up for about 2-3 minutes. Once our wok is hot enough, we'll add about 2 tbsp of corn oil, or any oil with a high smoke point, until the oil is shimmering, or forming ripples across the surface.

Cook everything in stages

Restaurants are able to get away with tossing everything all at once, since they have much more powerful stoves and larger woks. 

Try a taste, plate

My dad always tries a taste to see if it needs any adjustments. 

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Tender Chinese black pepper beef stir fry covered in glossy and flavourful black pepper sauce with sweet and crisp fresh capsicums and onions! Perfect healthy stir fry for those busy weeknights. Serve with rice.

Black Pepper Beef Stir Fry (黑椒牛肉)

beef

½ red capsicum (aka red bell pepper, cut into bite-sized squares)

½ green capsicum (aka green bell pepper, cut into bite-sized squares)

brown onion

garlic (minced)

onions

tbsp neutral-tasting oil (eg. canola, sunflower

soy sauce

tbsp cornflour (aka cornstarch)

¼ tsp black pepper

tbsp ginger (minced)

½ tbsp soy sauce

½ tbsp cornflour (aka cornstarch)

½ tsp sesame oil

In a large bowl, combine beef with beef marinade ingredients. Mix well and set aside to marinate for 15 minutes.

Marinate beef

In a medium-sized bowl, combine all black pepper sauce ingredients. Mix well until the cornflour has dissolved. Set aside.

Make black pepper sauce

Add oil to a large, preheated wok or frying pan over high heat. Swirl the wok in a circular motion until well coated with oil.

Once the wok is very hot (note 2), add marinated beef cubes and spread it out into a single layer. Sizzle over high heat for ~45 seconds without flipping. So no touching! With a spatula, flip the beef over and sizzle the other side for 45 seconds. Then, remove the beef into a bowl and set aside. (note 3)

In the same wok (no need to wash), add capsicums, onion and garlic. Stir fry over high heat for ~2 minutes. Add beef back into the wok along with all the juices. Stir fry for about 15 seconds. (note 4)

With a small spoon, mix the black pepper sauce again (the cornflour would have settled to the bottom of the bowl). Pour the sauce into the wok and add spring onions. Stir fry for a final 30 seconds until the sauce is glossy and thick.

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