Pepper Steak with Onions

Name: Pepper Steak with Onions
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Chinese-American
Ingredients: 2.8 lb round steak; 2.4 cups long-grain white rice; 2 whole green bell pepper; 2 whole red bell pepper; 2 whole yellow onion; 1/4 cup soy sauce; 1 3/4 tbsp fresh ginger; 4 cloves garlic cloves; 1.6 cups beef broth; 2.6 tbsp cornstarch

Sliced round steak with bell peppers over rice for ten

Prep: 30 min
Cook: 25 min
Serves 8
Difficulty: medium

Round steak strips marinate in soy and ginger, stir-fry with peppers and onions, and finish in a savory gravy. Serve over steamed rice for a filling hall plate.

Why crews like it: Pepper steak delivers big savory flavor with ingredients already in the station pantry. Rice stretches the protein and keeps everyone full through a second call.

490Cal

40gProtein

54gCarbs

12gFat

Ingredients

2.8 lb round steak
2.4 cups long-grain white rice
2 whole green bell pepper
2 whole red bell pepper
2 whole yellow onion
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 3/4 tbsp fresh ginger
4 cloves garlic cloves
1.6 cups beef broth
2.6 tbsp cornstarch

Instructions

Marinate and prep rice: Toss sliced steak with half the soy sauce and ginger. Start rice in a pot with 6 cups water—bring to boil, cover, simmer 18 minutes, then rest off heat.
Sear the beef: Heat oil in a wok over high heat. Stir-fry beef in batches 2–3 minutes until browned but still tender. Set aside.
Stir-fry vegetables: Add peppers and onion to the wok. Stir-fry 4–5 minutes until charred at edges and slightly softened.
Build the gravy: Stir remaining soy sauce, garlic, broth, and cornstarch slurry into the wok. Simmer 2 minutes until glossy and thickened.
Combine and serve: Return beef and juices to gravy, toss 1 minute to coat. Fluff rice and serve pepper steak over rice at the line.

Tonight's spread

Pepper steak over rice with steamed broccoli on the side.
Chili garlic crisp at the table for crew who want more heat.

Hall tips

A splash of rice vinegar at the end brightens heavy soy gravy.
Use baking soda pinch in marinade for extra tender beef if your cut is tough.
Sesame oil drizzle at service adds aroma—do not cook it on high heat.

Meal prep

Slice steak against the grain paper-thin. Mix gravy slurry before you start cooking—no time to measure mid-stir-fry. Cook rice in a separate pot or rice cooker.

Leftovers

Wrap in flour tortillas with extra sauce for quick lunch wraps.
Stir into fried rice the next day with scrambled eggs.

Wok or large skillet
Stock pot
Mixing bowls
Rice paddle
Chef knife