Ground Beef Pepper Steak
Tender, ground beef with sautéed peppers and onions in a flavorful tomato sauce. This Ground Beef Pepper Steak is served over egg noodles, making it a filling, easy weeknight dinner.
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 522kcal
Ingredients
Beef and Vegetables
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 tbsp water
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 3 tbsp butter divided
- 4 cloves fresh minced garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 green bell peppers cut into thin slices
- 1 medium sweet onion cut into thin slices
- 1 14.5 ounce can fire roasted diced tomatoes
- 1 cup beef broth
- 2 tbsp reduced sodium soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon sriracha chili sauce
Sauce
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Pinch cayenne pepper
- 1 tbsp water
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
Serving
- 12 ounce package wide egg noodles cooked according to package directions
Instructions
Beef and Vegetables
- In a medium sized bowl, stir together water and cornstarch until smooth. Add beef to bowl and stir until beef is well coated with cornstarch mixture. Let sit for 20 minutes.
- Then, stir beef together with garlic, salt, and pepper.
- Melt 1 tbsp of butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add beef and sauté until cooked browned, about 6 minutes. Remove beef from skillet and set aside.
- Melt remaining 2 tbsp of butter in skillet. Add peppers and onion. Sauté until softened, about 5 minutes.
- Return beef to skillet with vegetables. Stir in tomatoes, beef broth, soy sauce, and sriracha. Simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes.
Sauce
- In a small bowl stir together cornstarch, garlic powder, onion powder, sugar, salt, and cayenne pepper. Once will combined, stir in water and Worcestershire sauce until smooth.
- Stir Worcestershire mixture into beef and vegetables in skillet (this is done after the mixture has been simmering for the 30 minutes in step 5 above).
- Stir until smooth. Let skillet simmer for about 3 more minutes.
Serving
- Serve over egg noodles.
Nutrition
Calories: 522kcal | Carbohydrates: 54g | Protein: 23g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 117mg | Sodium: 887mg | Potassium: 669mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 445IU | Vitamin C: 42mg | Calcium: 78mg | Iron: 4mg