Black Pepper Beef

Black-pepper-beef, originally uploaded by djoelia.

Ingredient:

• 500 gr beef sliced thinly
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1/2 tsp garlic paste
• 1/8 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp sesame oil

1. Mix all of the ingredient above in a bowl and marinate for 1-2 hour in the refrigerator.
2. Pre-cook the meat first, heat the 2 tbsp oil in the wok, add the 1 tbsp oil to the marinate meat, to separate the meat.
3. Fry on high heat for 3-5 minutes, until meat change its color, set aside.

Sauce:

• 1/2 onion cut wedges
• 1/2 bell pepper (optional)
• 1 green onion cut 1 inch each
• 1 tsp of chopped garlic
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1/2 tbsp of kecap manis (substitute with 1/2 tbsp of sugar)
• 1 tbsp black pepper
• a bit of water

1. Mix all of the ingredient except onion, garlic, bell pepper and green onion in a bowl
2. Heat the wok on high heat, add 1 tbsp of oil. Fry the onion and garlic till fragrance, add in the beef, stir quickly, add the bell pepper, green onion, and the sauce. and serve.

p.s: If the sauce happens to be quite watery, thicken the sauce with maizena flour mix with cold water.