Golden Pepper Steak

Serves:

Ingredients:

1 lb Eye of round or other beef
1 ts Cornstarch
3/4 c Chicken stock
1 ts Oyster sauce
1/2 ts Salt
1 md Onion, cut into 1x3" pieces
2 lg Yellow bell peppers, cut
3 1/2 tb Vegetable oil, divided
1/2 tb Sherry or dry white wine
1 1/2 tb Sugar
2 tb Soy sauce
1/2 ts Sesame oil
4 Cloves garlic, minced
1 ts Freshly ground black pepper
1X3" Pieces
1 lg Red bell pepper, cut into
into 1x3" pieces
steak,cut into 1/8" slices
6 c Cooked rice (enough for 4)

Method:

Combine the beef, black pepper, garlic, sesame oil, soy sauce, sugar and sherry in a large bowl.
Set aside to marinate for at least 1 hour but no more than 3 hours.
Heat 2 tablespoons of the vegetable oil in a wok over high heat.
Add the peppers, onion, salt and oyster sauce.
Cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
Add the chicken stock, cover, and cook for about 10 minutes or until the peppers are tender.
Meanwhile, heat the remaining vegetable oil in a large skillet over high heat until almost smoking.
Add the beef and brown on both sides, about 1 minute per side.
Add the peppers to the beef.
Dissolve the cornstarch in 1 teaspoon of water and stir into the mixture.
Bring to a boil and immediately remove from the heat.
Serve with cooked rice.
Mark Bittman, The Baltimore Sun; Jan 29, 1992