Szechuan Beef Recipe

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 pound flank steak

  sliced into bite-sized pieces - you can use other cuts of beef. See the recipe notes.
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil

  or use olive oil
• 1 large bell pepper

  chopped
• 2 jalapeno pepper

  chopped (optional for spicy - use serrano peppers for extra!)
• 10 dried chile de arbol peppers

  - optional for extra spicy - or use japones or other dried peppers you love
• 1 tablespoon Szechuan peppercorns

  - or use black peppercorns
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup oyster sauce
• 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon ground ginger

  - fresh minced ginger is good too
• 1 tablespoon honey

  or more for sweeter
• 1 tablespoon chili garlic sauce
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder

  - fresh minced garlic is good too
• 1 teaspoon sriracha

  or more to taste
• 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1/2 cup chicken stock
• 1-2 tablespoons cornstarch

  for thickening
• 1/2 - 1 teaspoon szechuan peppercorns

  lightly toasted and ground or use black peppercorns instead
• 1/2 - 1 teaspoon Chinese 5 spice
• Cooked white rice or noodles, spicy chili flakes, chopped green onion, toasted sesame seeds

Instructions

• 1 Whisk all of the ingredients except the cornstarch together in a small pot.
• 2 Bring the pot to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 3 minutes.
• 3 To thicken the sauce, dissolve 1 tablespoon cornstarch in 2 tablespoons of water
  until well mixed. Stir it into the Szechuan sauce and stir until it thickens up,
  2-3 minutes. For thicker Szechuan sauce, use 2 tablespoons cornstarch. Remove
  from heat and set aside.
• 4 Heat the oil in a large pan to medium high heat.
• 5 Season the sliced beef with salt and pepper. Add it to the pan and cook,
  stirring, 3-4 minutes, or until it is nicely seared and cooked to your
  preference. Remove the beef and set it aside.
• 6 Heat the pan back to medium-high heat and add the peppers. Cook for 5 minutes to
  soften.
• 7 Add the chiles de arbol (or japones) and peppercorns and cook another 2 minutes,
  stirring.
• 8 Add the beef back to the pan along with the homemade Szechuan sauce. Reduce the
  heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
• 9 Serve with rice or noodles. Garnish with spicy chili flakes, sesame seeds and
  sliced green onion.

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