This is my all time favorite meal. You know the one that your mom knows to make for your birthday without even having to ask what you would like her to cook. When I was in college and would come home on a weekend the family always knew when they smelled the simmering of Pepper Steak on the stove that "Gretchen was coming home". This recipe was passed down to my mother from her mother and it remains a favorite at my dinner table now!
Prep time: 40 minutes
Cook time: 60 minutes
Serves: 8 people
Ingredients
Round steak (1-2 lbs)
Flour
Olive Oil
1 can tomatoes or tomato juice
2 beef bouillon cubes
½ onion (diced)
Garlic powder
Water
Salt
Pepper
Bell pepper (sliced)
2 cups Minute Rice
Worcestershire sauce
Preparation
Slice round steak into 1” wide strips.
Shake steak in flour and brown in a little olive oil.
Add browned steak, onion, juice from tomatoes, 2 cups water, bouillon cubes to a skillet or an electric skillet.
Sprinkle on garlic powder, salt and pepper and stir.
Simmer for 45 minutes until the meat is tender.
Add tomatoes and bell pepper, stir and simmer until tender.
Cook 2 cups minute rice as directed on package.
In a 13x9” pan layer minute rice on the bottom with the steak mixture on the top including all the juice.
Add Worcestershire sauce to taste.
Tips
If you use an electric skillet a suggested cooking temperature is 200-225 degrees.
You can add more water, tomato juice and spices as needed while simmering.
It is great served with saltine crackers and dashes of salt.