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pepper steak

noun

  1. strips of beefsteak sautéed with strips of green pepper and onion, and often flavored with soy sauce.
  2. beefsteak patted with crushed peppercorns, sautéed, and served with a sauce containing butter and cognac.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pepper steak1

First recorded in 1950–55
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Example Sentences

My dad would usually pan sear it when making his favorite pepper steak and rice dish.

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He whipped up tuna fish, pepper steak, and often, grilled cheese with a side of tomato soup.

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The restaurant and others like it juxtaposed dishes from both cuisines; sometimes they met up in a single dish, like fried rice with plantains or Chinese pepper steak with Cuban black beans.

Granddaughter Brittany Jones wanted to learn how to make her pepper steak and onions and told her grandmother, “ ‘I will go to the store and get precut onions, Granny-Girl.’

Mom returns with huge bowls of steaming white rice and platters of lemon chicken, sweet-and-sour pork, pepper steak, General Tso’s chicken, and the house special: Mandarin Garden Chicken—fried nuggets in a sweet garlic sauce.

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