Amazing Chinese Style Black Pepper Beef for you to make and enjoy at home and all ready in less than 20 minutes.
Black Pepper Beef is probably one of my favourite dishes to order from the Chinese, I love that pepper rich sauce that coats the meat and it's perfect over some plain steamed rice.
Gotta love the simple dishes that taste good, right?
This dish is simple in every way, using only a handful of ingredients, you will want to make it again and again.
Crunchy celery is the popular vegetable added to this dish, at least this side of the Atlantic anyway, but if you are not keen on celery, you can replace with another vegetable of your choice, bok choy is a great choice, or some onion and green peppers.
I love the taste of the celery against the peppery beef. It's a really delicious combination.
Don't fancy beef? This dish is great with some chicken too. I recommend using strips of chicken thigh, rather than breast meat though, as chicken thigh will stay nice and tender.
Want some other Chinese dishes to make the ultimate Fakeaway night at home? Check out these other recipes:
- LOW SYN GINGER CHICKEN WITH MUSHROOMS AND NOODLES
- ACTIFRY SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN BITES
- CHICKEN CHOP SUEY
- BEEF WITH MUSHROOMS IN OYSTER SAUCE
- LOW SYN BEEF CHOW MEIN
- SYN FREE CHICKEN SINGAPORE NOODLES CHILLI BEEF (STOVE TOP AND ACTIFRY)
- CHICKEN FRIED RICE
- LOW SYN GINGER BEEF AND BROCCOLI
- LOW SYN CHINESE PORK
- EGG FRIED RICE
- SPRING ROLLS
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How can I add a ⅓ speed foods to this Chinese Black Pepper Beef?
There are onion and celery in the recipe which will go towards your ⅓ speed foods, but maybe you want to increase those speed foods even further or enjoy this dish on a Slimming World SP day?
A great option is to serve with this yummy Egg Fried Cauliflower Rice instead of regular rice.
Kitchen Items used for this Chinese Black Pepper Beef:
- Non Stick Frying Pan
- Kitchen Scales
- Measuring Spoons
- Measuring Cups
- Wooden Spoon
- Santoku Knife (perfect knife for chopping veg)
- Chopping Board
- Mixing Bowls
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Chinese Black Pepper Beef
Amazing Chinese Style Black Pepper Beef for you to make and enjoy at home and all ready in less than 20 minutes.
Ingredients
- 300g (10.5oz) of frying strip beef
- 2 tsp of grated ginger
- 1 clove of garlic, crushed
- 1 tbs of soy sauce
- 3 sticks of celery, chopped
- 1 small onion, sliced
- ¼ cup (4 tbs) of oyster sauce
- ¾ cup (180ml) of beef stock (I use low sodium)
- 1 tbs of cornstarch
- ½ tbs of granulated sweetener (I use sukrin: 1)
- 1 teaspoon of black pepper
- cooking oil spray
Instructions
- Add the beef, soy sauce, ginger and garlic to a bowl and toss to coat.
- Heat a frying pan over a medium high heat with cooking oil spray. Wait for the pan to get hot, then add the beef into the pan and just sear to brown, remove and set aside.
- Wipe the frying pan clean, spray with some more cooking oil spray, add the onion and celery and fry for a couple of minutes.
- Add back in the beef, along with oyster sauce, stock, sweetener and black pepper. Mix the cornstarch with a couple of tablespoons of water and mix to form a slurry. Add this into the sauce and heat until the sauce thickens and coats the beef and vegetables.
- Serve with your choice of sides and enjoy!!
Notes
This recipe is Slimming World and Weight Watchers friendly
- Extra Easy - 2 Syns per serving
- WW Smart Points - 3 per serving
Variation: Swap the beef for chicken (using chicken stock instead of beef also)
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Nutrition Information
Yield 2 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 264Total Fat 7.2gSaturated Fat 0.1gSodium 888mgCarbohydrates 12.1gFiber 2.1gSugar 2.4gProtein 38.8g
Nutritional information is an estimate and is to be used for informational purposes only. Ingredients can vary greatly from brand to brand and therefore it would be impossible to give accurate information.
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Sarah Luscombe says
Was really lovely, I replaces oyster sauce with hoisin though so made it half a syn more per portion. ( I don't like oyster sauce) I served with rice and mixed veggies and went down well with the whole family 🙂
Denise says
Made this yesterday absolutely beautiful thank you love the recipes
Chloe says
Is this to serve 2 or 4? Also where do the syns come from i cabt calucualte where the 2 syns per serving are? Not sure if I'm just being blonde haha
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
The servings are given on the recipe box. The syns come from the cornstarch and the oyster sauce (thick style) which is synned. Enjoy :O)
Donna Irwin says
Hi made the Chinese black pepper all my family loved it .
Trevona says
Hi, this looks delicious, however could you please confirm how many this serves? Above the photo it states Yield: serves 4, but in the Nutrition box it says Yield 2. Hope I've bought enough beef!
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
It should be to serve 2. Thanks for spotting the error.
Trevona says
I made this tonight. It was delicious. As I only had 200 g if beef I added some mushrooms. We both enjoyed it, very tasty
Suzanne says
Very very good. We dont like celery so instead put in carrot green pepper and mushrooms. I also doubled up on the black pepper and garlic and added hoisin as well as oyster (half and half). Served with egg fried rice. Would defo do again. Hubby said it was better than a takeaway!
Lauren says
Made this before and it's delicious... just wondering if it could be done in a slow cooker and how long you would leave it for?
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
I should think it will be fine, but I would use stewing beef instead of stir fry beef so the meat is tender. I think stir fry beef would end up over cooked
Eileen dack says
I made this tonight as usual it did not disappoint, the only thing I changed was I used peppers and mushrooms it was absolutely gorgeous look forward to all your recipes thank you.
Pauline says
Just made this and everyone loved it, i put peppers instead of celery, delicious.
Sandra Bishop says
Great recipe my new go to for fakeaway ! Didn’t change a thing perfect ❤️