Stuffed Pepper Steak

5 from 1 vote

Savory and spicy flavors of caramelized onion, brown sugar, soy sauce. Stuffed pepper steak cooked with rice in a colorful bell pepper.

See make ahead and crock-pot options in the blog.

Prep Time45

Cook Time45

Total Time1 30

Course: Weeknight Dinner

Cuisine: Chinese

Servings:

Calories: 349kcal

Ingredients

3 tbsp Butter
1 lb Skirt/Flank Steak See blog notes
1 medium Onion - thinly sliced
Jalapeños - halved optional
2 tbsp Brown Sugar
1 cup Low-Sodium Soy Sauce
1 tbsp Corn Starch
1 cup Rice Measured before cooked - see blog notes
6 Bell Peppers

Instructions

Start your rice. See blog notes for cooking guidance.
Once it's cooked, set aside.
1 cup Rice
Preheat your oven to 350F
In a medium hot pan, add the butter and quickly sear the steak.
3 tbsp Butter, 1 lb Skirt/Flank Steak
Remove from the heat and cut into bite-size pieces and set aside.
(At this point it will still be rare - it will continue to cook throughout the prep and in the oven).
In the same pan, over medium heat add your thinly sliced onions. Let them soften and caramelize. Add in your halved jalapeños peppers if you are using them.
1 medium Onion - thinly sliced, Jalapeños - halved
Once the onions start to caramelize add in your brown sugar and let it cook for about a minute as you prepare your slurry.
2 tbsp Brown Sugar
In a small bowl, whisk together your soy sauce and corn starch. This is called a slurry and it will make the sauce thicker.
1 cup Low-Sodium Soy Sauce, 1 tbsp Corn Starch
Add your slurry to your pan. Add in your cut up steak and bring up to a boil until it starts to thicken. Remove from the heat.
If your sauce becomes too thick, you can add water until you reach the consistency you want. Water will not change the flavor of your sauce. Do not add in more soy sauce - that will change the overall flavor of the dish.
Remove the jalapeños peppers.
In a large bowl, combine the pepper steak mixture, and cooked rice together.
Cut the tops off your pepper and remove the inside seeds. Place standing up in a casserole dish. Fill each pepper up with the steak and rice filling.
6 Bell Peppers
Bake in the oven at 350F for 45 minutes, until your bell peppers are tender.

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