Pepper Steak

See Jiu Chau Ngau

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Chinese Banquet Cookbook

By Eileen Yin-Fei Lo

Published 1985

  • About

This dish illustrates the essence of what the Cantonese call Wok Hai cookery, Stir-frying over extremely high heat, with the black-bean and garlic paste sending out an utterly wonderful aroma. My daughter claims that she smelled Pepper Steak cooking two blocks away from our house, while en route home from school one day.

Ingredients

  • 12 ouncesoyster cut” London broil

Method

  1. Cut beef across the grain into thin slices 1 by 2½ inches, and place in the marinade. Wash, seed, and dry peppers and cut into thin slices, ¼ by 2½ inches. Wash and drain black beans and mash them into a paste. Mince the 2 garlic cloves and add them to the black beans.
  2. Heat a wok over high heat, add