Beef Pepper Rice
July 11, 2022
A copy cat recipe of the famous Pepper Lunch. Here's a close attempt of their signature Beef Pepper Rice meal. Usually served on a sizzling cast-iron plate, this version's apartment friendly. We wouldn't want to trigger those smoke alarms!
Ingredients
- 800g beef thinly sliced
- 1 cup of whole kernel corn, or an alternative, mixed veggies (corn, carrots, peas)
- Half cup of soy sauce
- half cup of Mirin
- 2 tbsp. of ground black pepper
- 2-3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 whole onion, thinly sliced
- 1 stalk of scallions, thinly sliced
- 2 cups of cooked rice
- 3 tbsp. of cooking oil
- Salt to taste. The soy sauce should be salty enough.
Instructions
- Place your thinly sliced beef in a air tight ziplock bag and put in the soy sauce, mirin, minced garlic and black pepper. Notice I didn't add salt at this part, because soy sauce is salty enough.
Give the bag a good message to ensure the every piece of beef gets coated in flavor.
Place in the fridge for 1 hour up to overnight. - When you're ready to cook, set a wide pan on medium-high heat. Once its ripping hot, add in your cooking oil of choice, and swirl it around the pan, making sure to coat every surface.
- Add in your beef slices and spread it evenly across the pan. Add the onions on top of the beef, and let cook for a minute or two before flipping it around.
- Once your beef slices are cooked, and the onions have turned translucent, take it off the pan and set aside on a plate.
- If there is excess oil, you can take this out. Just make sure to keep a tablespoon of oil in the pan. Turn the heat down to medium and sauté your mixed vegetables for 2-3 minutes. Once the vegetables are cooked through, take it off the pan and set aside on a plate.
- Now typically this is served on a sizzling hot cast-iron plate. I don't have that so I'm gonna reuse the pan.
For a little bit of presentation, Turn the heat to high, add in the beef slices and place it around the pan, leaving an exposed area in the center of the pan. - Next, grab your cooked rice and put it in the center of the pan, form it in a mound if you can. The high heat will toast the bottom of the rice adding the flavor from the marinade. Yay for texture!
- Lastly, grab your mixed veggies and place it around the pan between the rice and the beef slices.
- Turn off the heat and garnish with thinly sliced scallions, crispy fried garlic and some more pepper.
