BLACK PEPPER BEEF

200g Beef Steak, cut into strips

1 ½ Tbs Oyster Sauce

½ Tsp Soy Sauce

¼ Tsp Whole Black Peppercorns, cracked and ground

¼ Tsp sugar

½ Tsp Chinese cooking wine (or Shaoxing wine)

2 Tsp Cornstarch

1 Tsp Sesame oil

¼ Tsp Garlic Powder

1 Capsicum, deseeded and sliced into strips

¼ Red Onion, sliced

1 pinch salt

Additional ½ Tsp Whole Black Peppercorns, cracked and ground

Method

1. Mix together oyster sauce, soy sauce, ¼ tsp black pepper, sugar, chinese cooking wine and cornstarch
2. Marinate beef strips in mixture for 15 minutes, then mix in sesame oil just before you are ready to start frying.
3. Add cooking oil in a large flat bottomed pan until the oil can evenly cover the bottom of the pan.
4. Place the beef strips in, spread out, and let them sit for approx. 6 seconds, then gently stir until they are lightly browned
5. Remove the beef, leaving approx. 1 Tbs of the oil in the pan.
6. Add capsicum, garlic powder and red onion to the pan and stir until slightly soft. Add a small pinch of salt.
7. Return beef strips back to fry pan and mix well, and top with freshly ground black pepper.
8. Serve immediately with noodles or rice.