Chinese Pepper Steak Recipe

Yield: 2 servings

Ingredients:

• ½ pound flank or skirt steak, well
• 2 Tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 Tablespoons low-salt soy sauce
• 2 medium green peppers, sliced
• ¼ pound mushroom, sliced
• Vegetable oil spray
• 1 Tablespoon fresh ginger, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• ¼ cup dry sherry
• ¼ cup low-sodium, fat-free chicken stock

Preparation:

1. Remove as much fat as possible from the meat. Cut across the grain into 1/4 inch slices and cut again into 1-inch pieces.
2. Mix cornstarch and soy sauce together.
3. Place meat in mixture making sure it is completely covered.
4. Wash, seed, and slice peppers, about 1/4 inch thick.
5. Wash and slice mushrooms.
6. Spray wok or skillet with vegetable oil spray.
7. Heat wok, and add ginger and garlic.
8. When wok is smoking, add meat, and stir-fry 1 minute.
9. Remove to a plate. Spray wok again and add peppers and mushrooms.
10. Stir-fry 2 minutes.
11. Return meat to pan, and add sherry and stock.
12. Stir-fry 3 minutes.
13. Place in a serving bowl.

Recipe reviewed by Dietitian Kimberly A. Tessmer, RD LD

Food Exchanges per serving: 1 ½ veg, ½ bread, 3.5 meat, 2 fat

Nutritional Information: (about 330 calories, 28 grams protein, 12 grams fat, 20 grams carbohydrate per serving)

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