pepper steak

American  

noun

1. strips of beefsteak sautéed with strips of green pepper and onion, and often flavored with soy sauce.

2. beefsteak patted with crushed peppercorns, sautéed, and served with a sauce containing butter and cognac.

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Etymology

Origin of pepper steak

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

He whipped up tuna fish, pepper steak, and often, grilled cheese with a side of tomato soup.

From Salon • May 15, 2023

In particular, OFD Foods donated more than $1,000 worth of Mountain House freeze dried granola and blueberries, spaghetti, chicken fried rice and Italian pepper steak.

From Washington Times • Nov. 21, 2018

I set upon my pepper steak and couldn’t take a bathroom break: Transfixed was I by what I heard and saw.

From Washington Post • Dec. 31, 2014

Mr. Huynh is devising Southeast Asian creations like firecracker crab claws and pepper steak sticky buns.

From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2012

Mom returns with huge bowls of steaming white rice and platters of lemon chicken, sweet-and-sour pork, pepper steak, General Tso’s chicken, and the house special: Mandarin Garden Chicken—fried nuggets in a sweet garlic sauce.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle