Beef and Pepper Stri-Fry

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Beef Stir fry at Online Cooking Schools.

A Chinese - restaurant favorite catches our eye this week. A simple and basic feast that can be easily done at home.

Ingredients:

12 oz. beef, thinly sliced across grain

1 tbsp. plus 1 tsp. soy sauce

1 tsp. sugar

2 tsp. vegetable oil

3 peppers, thinly sliced (use 3 different colors for variety)

2 cloves garlic, crushed and pressed

2 ripe tomatoes, cored and cut into 1/2 wedges

ground pepper

Procedure:

1. In a bowl, combine beef, 1 tsp. soy sauce, 1/2 tsp. sugar, 1/4 tsp ground pepper.

2. Using a skillet, heat 1 tsp oil on medium-high. Add beef in single layer. Cook without stirring for a minute or two. Transfer into a plate. Return skillet on medium high without cleaning.

3. Add remaining oil to skillet. Add peppers, garlic. Stir fry for 5 minutes or until crisp tender.

4. Add tomatoes and remaining sugar. Cook for 3-4 minutes until saucy while stirring. 

5. Return beef to skillet. Add 1/4 tsp black pepper and remaining soy sauce. Cook 1 minute while stirring.

6. Serve over rice.

Tip: Select truly ripe tomatoes so they'll soften enough while cooking to get saucy.